New site-specific protein labeling (SSPL) reactions for targeting-specific, short peptides could be useful for the real-time detection of proteins inside of living cells. One SSPL approach matches bioorthogonal reagents with complementary peptides. Here, hydrazide reactive peptides were selected from phage-displayed libraries using reaction-based selections. Selection conditions included washes...

In this study electrophilic affinities were calculated at all reactive positions of azulene in electrophilic aromatic substitutions. Structures of cationic intermediates and products were optimized at HF/6-31+G* and B3LYP/6-31+G** levels of theory, and single point calculations were carried out at MP2/6-31+G**//B3LYP/6-31+G** for total energy. NICS calculations, activation energies and relative...