The design of novel chemoselective and site-specific ligation methods provides new tools for obtaining complex scaffolds, peptidomimetics, and peptide conjugates. The chemistry of the N-phenylthiocarbonyl group has led to several developments in peptide ligation chemistry and peptide bioconjugation during the last 10 years. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of this emerging field.

Smooth converter: Bioconjugation of superfolder GFP involving the formation of an unusually stable, and unprecedented, cyclic sulfonium species is described. This sulfonium can undergo smooth reaction with a range of nucleophiles to give sulfur-, selenium- and azide-modified GFP derivatives in high conversions.

Diatomite is a natural porous silica material of sedimentary origin. Due to its peculiar properties, it can be considered as a valid surrogate of synthetic porous silica for nano-based drug delivery. In this work, we exploit the potential of diatomite nanoparticles (DNPs) for drug delivery with the aim of developing a successful dual-biofunctionalization method by polyethylene glycol (PEG) cove...

The Carboni-Lindsey reaction between tetrazines and strained unsaturated hydrocarbons has in recent years become a useful tool bioorthogonal chemistry for labelling biomolecules vitro vivo. Here, we report computational studies on the mechanism of Diels-Alder/Retro-Diels-Alder commercially available tetrazine norbornene. Isomerism with norbornene-amide relevant applications bioconjugation chemi...

Combining N-heterocyclic carbenes with gold nanoparticles provides an ultrabright and fragment-free ionization platform for laser-desorption mass spectrometry. In their Research Article (e202219182), David M. Jenkins, Jon P. Camden, co-workers show that NHC-functionalized can “give wings” in the spectrometer, enabling next-generation applications of barcoding, data storage, bioconjugation react...