Degradable Conjugates from Oxanorbornadiene Reagents

Modular Degradable Hydrogels Based on Thiol-Reactive Oxanorbornadiene Linkers

Oxanorbornadiene dicarboxylate (OND) reagents are potent Michael acceptors, the adducts of which undergo fragmentation by retro-Diels-Alder reaction at rates that vary with the substitution pattern on the OND moiety. Rapid conjugate addition between thiol-terminated tetravalent PEG and multivalent ONDs yielded self-supporting hydrogels within 1 min at physiological temperature and pH. Erosion o...

Antibody Conjugates: From Heterogeneous Populations to Defined Reagents

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and their derivatives are currently the fastest growing class of therapeutics. Even if naked antibodies have proven their value as successful biopharmaceuticals, they suffer from some limitations. To overcome suboptimal therapeutic efficacy, immunoglobulins are conjugated with toxic payloads to form antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) and with chelating systems bearing ...

Conjugates of Phthalocyanines With Oligonucleotides as Reagents for Sensitized or Catalytic DNA Modification

Several conjugates of metallophthalocyanines with deoxyribooligonucleotides were synthesized to investigate sequence-specific modification of DNA by them. Oligonucleotide parts of these conjugates were responsible for the recognition of selected complementary sequences on the DNA target. Metallophthalocyanines were able to induce the DNA modification: phthalocyanines of Zn(II) and Al(III) were ...

Thiazepine moiety-controlled regioselective rearrangements of 7-oxanorbornadiene derivatives.

We have discovered thiazepine moiety-controlled regioselective skeletal rearrangements of 7-oxanorbornadiene derivatives (2, 7 and 12) with high regioselectivity and/or diastereoselectivity in the presence of Brønsted acid.

Evaluation of three blackberry fruit types in Bio-degradable and nonbio-degradable packaging types