This feature article summarizes the recent advances in the synthesis of fluorinated amino acids and peptides. The developed approaches provide powerful tools to selectively access fluorinated amino acids, peptides, and proteins.
A Cu-catalysed and ligand-controlled glycine ligation method is developed for the modular and selective synthesis of diverse CF3-containing amino acids and dipeptides.
We show the assembly and cross-linking of carboxylate-modified polystyrene nanoparticles into flexible circular, ring-shaped structures with micrometer sized diameters around the base of surface-adhered giant lipid vesicles.
Novel non-peripheral tetra-mercaptopyridine-substituted mono- and double-decker lutetium(III) phthalocyanines were synthesized and their photophysicochemical and electrochemical properties were investigated.
Peptide–nanoparticle conjugates show hydrolase-like activity, which is tuned by amino acid sequences.