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Diederick Maes1, Marvin Nicque1, Mehwish Iftikhar1
1Ghent University, Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Organic Synthesis Group, Krijgslaan 281 (S4), 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Abstract:
Simple 1-phenylpropynones undergo a selective double thia-Michael addition with thiols in buffered media, yielding an interesting dithioacetal linkage joining two thiols. The reactivity of various Michael-alkyne reagents is compared in this chemoselective, atom economical, and non-oxidative cross-linking of two thiols. The stability and chemical reactivity of the dithioacetal links are studied, and the utility of the disulfide targeting bioconjugation methodology is shown by the selective rebridging of native cyclic peptides after the reductive cleavage of their disulfide bridge.
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