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CuAAC: An Efficient Click Chemistry Reaction on Solid Phase.

Vida Castro^1,2, Hortensia Rodríguez^1,2,3, Fernando Albericio^1,2,4,5

¹Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology 08028-Barcelona, Spain.

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Click chemistry, particularly copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC), offers efficient molecular linking. This review highlights CuAAC

Keywords:

Click Chemistry CuAAC alkyne azide solid-phase

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Organic Chemistry
Polymer Chemistry
Medicinal Chemistry

Background:

Click chemistry provides robust methods for molecular construction.
Copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) is a prominent click reaction.
Solid-phase synthesis is crucial for creating complex molecules.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the applications of CuAAC in solid-phase synthesis (CuAAC-SP).
To highlight the versatility of CuAAC for various molecular building blocks on solid supports.

Main Methods:

Review of literature on CuAAC applications in solid-phase synthesis.
Analysis of CuAAC's suitability for different classes of compounds.

Main Results:

CuAAC demonstrates high efficiency and reliability in solid-phase synthesis.
The reaction is applicable to peptides, nucleotides, small molecules, polymers, and supramolecular structures.
CuAAC-SP facilitates the construction of complex molecular architectures.

Conclusions:

CuAAC is a versatile and powerful tool for solid-phase synthesis.
CuAAC-SP is poised to be essential for future advancements in solid-phase chemistry.