3D alkyne-azide cycloaddition: spatiotemporally controlled by combination of aryl azide photochemistry and two-photon grafting

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Sep 7;49(69):7635-7. doi: 10.1039/c3cc43533d. Epub 2013 Jul 22.

Abstract

A novel fluoroaryl azide with an alkyne tail was synthesized and precisely immobilized within a PEG-based matrix via two-photon induced decomposition and nitrene insertion. Well defined 3D positioning of the terminal alkyne allows site-specific micropatterning. The subsequent 3D alkyne-azide cycloaddition was realized using dye-functionalized molecules containing "clickable" azide moieties.