3-Hexyne, aka diethylacetylene, is a symmetric alkyne that is used in organic and organometallic synthesis. It first appeared in British patent 279,095 (1926) to Michael George Corson, who heated ...

The Cu(I)-catalyzed cycloaddition reaction between an alkyne group and an azide group, better known as 'click chemistry,' has proven its utility in a multitude of applications in biology. Because ...

add an alkyne moiety and a label, then incubate it with a crude cellular extract and a bead-displayed library. In theory, ATP-binding proteins in the extract would bind to this molecule and could ...