biselectrophilic

English

Alternative forms
  • bis-electrophilic

Etymology

bis- +‎ electrophilic

Adjective

biselectrophilic (not comparable)

  1. (chemistry, of a molecule) Having two electrophilic groups
    • 2015 June 26, Marta Pelay-Gimeno et al., “Structure-Based Design of Inhibitors of Protein–Protein Interactions: Mimicking Peptide Binding Epitopes”, in Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English)‎, volume 54, DOI:10.1002/anie.201412070:
      A variety of biselectrophilic molecules were used to cross-link two properly aligned cysteines, with the aim of stabilizing the helical conformation.
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