Dynamic catalytic library generation and screening

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Olof Ramstrom, ramstrom@kth.se, Department of Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 30, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Constitutional dynamics in chemical systems represents an emerging method to generate arrays of compounds through reversible reactions or interactions. This process gives access to dynamic libraries encompassing the possible combinations of the available reacting/interacting components, and allows for target-driven generation or amplification of the active constituent(s) of the libraries. The dynamics enables self-screening processes by which the active species become preferentially expressed and can be retrieved from the libraries. In the present study, the implementation of such arrays on biological interactions is illustrated, where dynamic libraries are probed against binding to biological receptors in aqueous media. It is furthermore demonstrated that enzyme catalysts can be used to control the dynamic self-screening process.