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A main challenge in the area of bioconjugation is to devise reactions that are both activatable and fast. Here, we introduce a temporally controlled reaction between cyclooctynes and 1,2-quinones, induced by facile oxidation of 1,2-catechols. This so-called strain-promoted oxidation-controlled cyclooctyne-1,2-quinone cycloaddition (SPOCQ) shows a remarkably high reaction rate when performed with bicyclononyne (BCN), outcompeting the well-known cycloaddition of azides and BCN by 3 orders of magnitude, thereby allowing a new level of orthogonality in protein conjugation.
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