Advancing Health with Chemistry

Publications

 

Publications

 

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2023


Combining Pharmacophore Models Derived from DNA-Encoded Chemical Libraries with Structure-Based Exploration to Predict Tankyrase 1 Inhibitors

A.L. Montoya, M. Glavatskikh, B. J. Halverson, L. H. Yuen, H. Schuler, D. Kireev, R. M. Franzini

Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2023, 246, 114980

Orthogonal Inverse-Electron-Demand Cycloaddition Reactions Controlled by Frontier Molecular Orbital Interactions

D. Svatunek, K. Chojnacki, T. Deb, H. Eckvahl, K. N. Houk, R. M. Franzini

Org. Letts. 2023, in press.

Evaluation of the Topology Space of DNA-Encoded Libraries

W. Weigel III, A. L. Montoya, R. M. Franzini

J. Chem. Inf. Mod., 2023, 63, 4641.


2021


Mechanisms and Substituent Effects of Metal-Free Bioorthogonal Reactions

T. Deb, J. Tu, R. M. Franzini

Chem. Rev., 2021, 121, 6850.


2020

 
 
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Integrating DNA-encoded Chemical Libraries with Virtual Combinatorial Library Screening: Optimizing a PARP10 Inhibitor

M. Lemke, H. Ravenscroft, N. J. Rueb, D. Kireev, D. Ferraris, R. M. Franzini

Bioorg. Med. Chem. Letts., 2020, 30, 127464.

 

A Stable Precursor for Bioorthogonally Removable 3-Isocyanopropyloxycarbonyl (ICPrc) Protecting Groups

J. Tu, M. Xu, R. M. Franzini

Synlett, 2020, 31, 1701-1704.

 

The Unique Bioorthogonal Chemistry of Isonitriles

T. Deb, R. M. Franzini

Synlett, 2020, 31, 938-944.

 

Isonitrile-responsive and Bioorthogonally Removable Tetrazine Protecting Groups

J. Tu, D. Svatunek, S. Parvez, H. J. Eckvahl, M. Xu, R. T. Peterson, K. N. Houk, R. M. Franzini

Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 169-179.


2019


 

Tuning Isonitrile/Tetrazine Chemistry for Accelerated Deprotection and Formation of Stable Conjugates

M. Xu, T. Deb, J. Tu, R. M. Franzini

J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 15520-15529.

 
 
 
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Stable, Reactive and Orthogonal Tetrazines: Dispersion Forces Promote the Cycloaddition with Isonitriles

J. Tu, D. Svatunek, S. Parvez, A. C. Liu, B. Levandowski, H. J. Eckvahl, R. T. Peterson, K. N. Houk, R. M. Franzini

Angew. Chem. Int. Engl. Ed., 2019, 58, 9043-9048.

 

A Focused DNA-encoded Chemical Library for the Discovery of Inhibitors of NAD+-dependent enzymes

L. H. Yuen, S. Dana, Y. Liu , S. I. Bloom, A. G. Thorsell, D. Neri, A. J. Donato, D. B. Kireev, H. Schuler, R. M. Franzini

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 5169-5181.

 

Dissociative Bioorthogonal Reactions

J. Tu, M. Xu, R. M. Franzini

ChemBioChem, 2019, 20, 1615-1627.


2018


Bioorthogonal Removal of 3-Isocyanopropyl Groups Enables the Controlled Release of Fluorophores and Drugs in Vivo

J. Tu, M. Xu, S. Parvez, R. T. Peterson, R. M. Franzini

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 8410-8414.

 
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A DNA‐Encoded Library of Chemical Compounds Based on Common Scaffolding Structures Reveals the Impact of Ligand Geometry on Protein Recognition

N. Favalli, S. Biendl, M. Hartmann, J. Piazzi, F. Sladojevich, S. Graslund, P. J. Brown, K. Nareoja, H. Schuler, J. Scheuermann, R. Franzini, D. Neri

ChemMedChem 2018, 13, 1303-1307.


2017


 

Dissociative reactions of benzonorbornadienes with tetrazines: scope of leaving groups and mechanistic insights

M. Xu, R. Galindo-Murillo, T. Cheatham, R. M. Franzini

Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 9855-9865.


 

Rapid and efficient tetrazine-induced drug release from highly stable benzonorbornadiene derivatives

M. Xu, J. Tu, R. M. Franzini

Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 6271-6274.


 
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Stability of Oligonucleotide–Small Molecule Conjugates to DNA-Deprotection Conditions

L. H. Yuen, R. M. Franzini

Bioconjugate Chem. 2017, 28, 1076-1083.


 
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Achievements, Challenges, and Opportunities in DNA‐Encoded Library Research: An Academic Point of View

L. H. Yuen, R. M. Franzini

ChemBioChem 2017, 18, 829-836.


2016


Chemical Space of DNA-Encoded Libraries

R. M. Franzini, C. Randolph

J. Med. Chem. 2016, 59, 6629-6644.


Automated screening for small organic ligands using DNA-encoded chemical libraries

W. Decurtins, M. Wichert, R. M. Franzini, F. Buller, M. A. Stravs, Y. Zhang, D. Neri, J. Scheuermann

Nat. Protocols, 2016, 11, 764-780.