Related Experiment Video
Updated: May 24, 2026

12:31
Chemoselective Modification of Viral Surfaces via Bioorthogonal Click Chemistry
Published on: August 19, 2012
A water soluble Cu(I)-NHC for CuAAC ligation of unprotected peptides under open air conditions
Christelle Gaulier1, Audrey Hospital, Bertrand Legeret
1Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand, CNRS UMR 6296, Clermont-Université, 24 Ave des Landais, F-63177 Aubière, France.
Abstract:
A reducing agent-free version of CuAAC able to operate under open air conditions is reported. A readily-synthesizable, hydrophilic and highly stable Cu(I)-NHC allows the clean ligations of unprotected peptides comprising sensitive side chains, at millimolar concentrations.

