We developed a chemical method to covalently functionalize cellulose nanofibers and cellulose paper with mannoside ligands displaying a strong affinity for the FimH adhesin from pathogenic E. coli strains.
Broad scope one‐pot diazirine synthesis strategies have been developed using two different oxidants depending on the nature of the starting material. In all cases, an inexpensive commercial solution of ammonia (NH3) in methanol (MeOH) was employed, avoiding the difficult use of liquid ammonia. With aliphatic ketones, t‐butyl hypochlorite (t‐BuOCl) was found to be the best oxidant whereas it is preferable to use phenyliodine diacetate (PIDA) with aromatic ketones, aldehydes and imines. The nature of the imine‐protecting group is essential and only t‐butyl imine allowed the synthesis of 15N2‐diazirine with complete 15N incorporation, emphasizing a key trans‐imination step in the reaction mechanism. These methods are operationally simple, and tolerant to most functional groups, providing diazirines with yields ranging from 20 to 99%.
Described herein is a compact benzophenone-quinoxalinone photoaffintiy labelling hybrid system with caged fluorescence properties. Upon visible blue LED irradiation (λmax 450 nm), this photo-crosslinker is able to covalently capture proteins...
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