Reagents for preparation of caged compounds, and method for preparation of the caged compounds
申请人:Laboratory of Molecular Biophotonics
公开号:US06229020B1
公开(公告)日:2001-05-08
A new reagent for preparation of a caged compound in accordance with the present invention is a compound having, as a basic structure, an N-succinimidyl cinnamate structure expressed by the following formula 1:
Another reagent for preparation of a caged compound in accordance with the present invention is a compound having, as a basic structure, a p-nitrophenyl cinnamate structure expressed by the following formula 3:
The caged amino acid in accordance with the present invention has the structure represented by the following formula 1:
where X and Y each represent a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkyloxy group, an alkylamino group, or a benzo group; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; R2 and R3 each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; A represents an amino acid residue; and M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal, or an alkaline-earth metal.