Developments in the field of bioorthogonal bond forming reactions-past and present trends.

In response to the ever increasing need of chemical biology for new tools, a wide variety of new, highly selective reactions have been described. Herein we report a summary of recent developments and the historical background on bioorthogonal ligation reactions.

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