3-Azido-L-alanine

Description

3-Azido-L-alanine is an aliphatic functionalized amino acid with side chain lengths of up to four carbons. 3-Azido-L-alanine is a click chemistry reagent, it contains an Azide group and can undergo copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction CuAAc with molecules containing Alkyne groups. It can also undergo strain-promoted alkyne-azide cycloaddition SPAAC reactions with molecules containing DBCO or BCN groups.