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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Top Curr Chem (Cham). 2015 Dec 11;374(1):1. doi: 10.1007/s41061-015-0002-2

Table 1.

Optimized parameters for the photo-triggered click reactions

Cycloaddition reaction Irradiation
wavelength
Irradiation
time
Rate constant (k2) (solvent)
Tetrazole–alkene 405, 700 nm
  (2PE)
~ 1 min 3.4 × 104 M−1 s−1 (1:1 PB/
  MeCN)
Azirine–alkene 302 nm 2 min 0.0379 M−1 s−1 (1:1 PBS/
  MeCN)
3-Hydroxy-2-naphthalenemethanol-
  vinyl ether
300, 350 nm 3–20 min 4–6 × 104 M−1 s−1
  (1:1 PB:MeCN)
o-Methyl phenyl ketone/aldehyde-
  alkene
320 nm 2 h Not determined
Cyclopropenone-azide 350 nm 1 min 7.6 × 10−2 M−1 s−1 (MeOH)