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Recent Advances and Future Directions in On-DNA Reaction Development
Xudong Wang1,2, Xuanjing Shen1,2, Zhiqiang Duan1
1State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai201203, P. R. China.
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DNA-encoded library (DEL) technology has emerged as a powerful platform for small-molecule discovery, in which on-DNA reaction development plays a central role in determining accessible chemical space. Early on-DNA chemistry mainly focused on establishing robust DNA-compatible transformations under mild aqueous conditions but often generated structurally limited libraries. Recent advances in photochemistry, electrochemistry, biocatalysis, and complexity-generating reactions have substantially expanded the scope of accessible on-DNA transformations and enabled the incorporation of increasingly diverse and medicinally relevant scaffolds into DELs. In this Viewpoint, we discuss the recent progress and emerging trends in on-DNA reaction development, with particular emphasis on the transition from compatibility-driven chemistry toward function-oriented DEL synthesis. We further highlight current challenges and future opportunities for developing precision on-DNA chemistry to support next-generation ligand discovery.
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