Description and application of a novel glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) radioimmunoassay

C-H radiocyanation of bioactive molecules via sequential iodination/copper-mediated cross-coupling

This report describes a net C-H radiocyanation reaction for the transformation of electron rich (hetero)aromatic substrates into 11CN-labeled products. Electrophilic C(sp2)-H iodination of the (hetero)arene with N-iodosuccinimide is followed by Cu-mediated radiocyanation with K11CN. This sequence is applied to a variety of substrates, including the nucleobases uracil and cytosine, the amino acids tyrosine and tryptophan, and the peptide LYRAGWRAFS, which undergoes selective C-H radiocyanation at the tryptophan (W) residue.

Mild and Selective Mono-Iodination of Unprotected Peptides as Initial Step for the Synthesis of Bioimaging Probes

Chemoselective functionalization of peptides and proteins to selectively introduce residues for detection, capture, or specific derivatization is of high interest to the synthetic community. Here we report a new method for the mild and effective mono-iodination of tyrosine residues in fully unprotected peptides. This method is highly chemoselective and compatible with a wide variety of functional groups. The introduced iodine can subsequently serve as a handle for further functionalization such as introduction of fluorescent dyes and thus be used for chemoselective labeling of isolated peptides.