A relay catalysis protocol for the functionalization of α-amino acids and dipeptides using a combination of visible-light photoredox and Lewis acid catalysis has been developed.

Functionalization of amino acid C- and N-termini with appropriate olefinic moieties allows for the generation of a peptidomimetic via a stereoselective cross-metathesis.

   Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have very promising applications for inhibition of microbial growth. The aim of this study is investigation and comparison of the effect of temperature and acidity on antimicrobial activities of pristine Multiwalled Carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and Multiwalled Carbon nanotubes-Arginine (MWCNTs-Arg). Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) and Minimum Bactericidal Conc...

A straightforward route is proposed for the multi-gram scale synthesis of heterobifunctional poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) oligomers containing combination of triethyloxysilane extremity for surface modification of metal oxides and amino or azido active end groups for further functionalization. The suitability of these PEG derivatives to be conjugated to nanomaterials was shown by pegylation of u...

A new copper-catalyzed oxidative difunctionalization of enol ethers with α-amino carbonyl compounds and hydroperoxides is developed. This method is experimentally simple while allowing for regioselective access to 2-amino-3,4-dioxy carbonyl compounds in good yields, and represents the first example of alkene oxyalkylation through C(sp(3))-H functionalization.

A one-pot multibond-forming process involving a thermally mediated Overman rearrangement and a ring closing metathesis reaction of allylic trichloroacetimidates bearing a 2-allyloxyaryl group has been developed for the synthesis of 5-amino-substituted 2,5-dihydro-1-benzoxepines. Chemoselective reduction and functionalization of these compounds allowed access to a range of pharmacologically acti...

An amino-linked nitrogen heterocyclic carbene (amino-NHC), 1-tBu, has been shown to mediate carbon-carbon coupling through the direct C-H functionalization of benzene and pyridine in the absence of a metal catalyst. Using EPR, the first spectroscopic evidence corroborating the single electron transfer mechanism for the metal-free carbon-carbon coupling manifold, as reported by others, is introd...

The advent of antibody-drug conjugates as pharmaceuticals has fuelled a need for reliable methods of site-selective protein modification that furnish homogeneous adducts. Although bioorthogonal methods that use engineered amino acids often provide an elegant solution to the question of selective functionalization, achieving homogeneity using native amino acids remains a challenge. Here, we expl...

The asymmetric addition of diazoacetylferrocene to styrene derivatives give optically active cyclopropyl acetylferrocenes (ee up 96%) was carried out using chiral ruthenium porphyrins as homogeneous catalysts. Intermolecular N–H functionalization anilines and amino esters by means carbenoid-induced insertion also observed tetraphenylporphyrin iron chloride catalyst.

Nitrogen functionalization of graphene offers new hybrid materials with improved performance for important technological applications. Despite studies highlighting the dependence of the performance of nitrogen-functionalized graphene on the types of nitrogen functional groups that are present, precise synthetic control over their ratio is challenging. Herein, the synthesis of nitrogen-functiona...