Emerging methods in amide- and peptide-bond formation

Current Opinion in Drug Discovery and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 765-775

  Bode, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amides; Chemoselective reactions; Coupling reagents; Ligation; Peptide therapeutics; Peptides

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; AMINE; AZIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ENFUVIRTIDE; HYDROXYLAMINE; OXOACID; REAGENT; THIOACID; THIOESTER;

AMIDATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESTERIFICATION; HUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STAUDINGER REACTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STOICHIOMETRY;

AMIDES; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 33751034904     PISSN: 13676733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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