In order to specifically label molecules with fluorophores in intact cells, we prepare highly stable unnatural amino acids that rapidly and irreversibly undergo
cycloaddition reactions (click chemistry) with unsurpassed speed and study their application in collaboration with the Lemke group.
The chemists are also studying a second set of
reactions, so - called
cycloadditions, which can be used to produce either known compounds of interest or else new and potentially interesting compounds.