Propargyl-PEG4-acid

Propargyl-PEG4-acid is a PEG reagent with an alkyne and a terminal carboxylic acid. The carboxylic acid reacts with primary amine groups with the help of activators (e.g. EDC, or HATU). The 4-unit PEG spacer increases hydrophilicity. The alkyne can participate in copper-catalyzed Click Chemistry.

This heterobifunctional, PEGylated crosslinker features a carboxylic acid at one end and propargyl group at the other for reaction with azide-containing compounds using click chemistry. The hydrophillic PEG linker facilitates solubility in biological applications. Propargyl-PEG4-acid can be used for bioconjugation or as a building block for synthesis of small molecules, conjugates of small molecules and/or biomolecules, or other tool compounds for chemical biology and medicinal chemistry that require ligation. Examples of applications include its synthetic incorporation into antibody-drug conjugates or proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTAC^? molecules) for targeted protein degradation.