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Wei Hou1, Shaoneng Hou1, Yuang Gu2
1College of Pharmaceutical Science & Green Pharmaceutical Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region, Zhejiang University of Technology Department, Hangzhou, 310014, China.
Abstract:
The continuous development of click reactions with new connecting linkage is crucial for advancing the frontiers of click chemistry. Selenium-nitrogen exchange (SeNEx) chemistry, a versatile chemistry in click chemistry, represents an all-encompassing term for nucleophilic substitution events that replace nitrogen at an electrophilic selenium(II) center, enabling the flexible and efficient assembly of linkages around a Se(II) core. Several SeNEx chemistries have been developed inspired by the biochemical reaction between Ebselen and cysteine residue, and demonstrated significant potential in on-plate nanomole-scale parallel synthesis, selenium-containing DNA-encoded library (SeDEL) synthesis, as well as peptide and protein bioconjugation. This concept aims to present the origins, advancements, and applications of selenium(II)-nitrogen exchange (SeNEx) chemistry while also outlining the potential directions for future research in this field.
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