RT Journal Article T1 Ruthenium-Catalyzed Azide–Thioalkyne Cycloadditions in Aqueous Media: A Mild, Orthogonal, and Biocompatible Chemical Ligation A1 Destito, Paolo A1 Rodríguez Couceiro, José A1 Faustino, Hélio A1 López García, Fernando A1 Mascareñas Cid, José Luis K1 Alkynes K1 Azides K1 Chemical ligations K1 Click chemistry K1 Ruthenium AB The development of efficient metal-promoted bioorthogonal ligations remains as a major scientific challenge. Demonstrated herein is that azides undergo efficient and regioselective room-temperature annulations with thioalkynes in aqueous milieu when treated with catalytic amounts of a suitable ruthenium complex. The reaction is compatible with different biomolecules, and can be carried out in complex aqueous mixtures such as phosphate buffered saline, cell lysates, fetal bovine serum, and even living bacteria (E. coli). Importantly, the reaction is mutually compatible with the classical CuAAC PB Wiley YR 2017 FD 2017-08-03 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/15804 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/15804 LA eng NO P. Destito, J. R. Couceiro, H. Faustino, F. López, J. L. Mascareñas, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 10766 NO This work has received financial support from Spanish grants(SAF2016-76689-R and SAF2013-41943-R), the Xunta deGalicia (2015-CP082 and Centro Singular de Investigaciln deGalicia accreditation 2016-2019 ED431G/09), the EuropeanUnion (European Regional Development Fund - ERDF),and the ERC (Adv. Grant 340055) DS Minerva RD 26 abr 2026