Ward Hill, MA - Alfa Aesar, a Johnson Matthey Company, is pleased to announce the addition of a variety of compounds for use in click chemistry reactions to its expanding range of bio products.

Click chemistry is a newer approach to synthesis that makes use of simple, rapid and reliable reactions. It has several benefits over other synthesis approaches such as being orthogonal to conventional methods and occurring under relatively mild conditions. These reactions also proceed with high, almost quantitative, yields. These benefits have made click chemistry reactions a popular method of introducing labels and other tags to biomolecules. The most popular click chemistry reaction is the Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of alkynes to azides, which is generally carried out with catalysis by copper (I), or by introduction of an azide to a strain-promoted cyclooctyne.

Alfa Aesar's click chemistry product range offers bifunctional linkers, fluorescent tags and chemical modifications that can be used with the azide-alkyne click chemistry technique.

To request a product flyer on these products or for a free copy of the full Bio product catalog, contact Alfa Aesar at 1-800-343-0660 or email info@alfa.com.

About Alfa Aesar Alfa Aesar, a Johnson Matthey Company, is a leading international manufacturer and supplier of research chemicals, metals and materials. With over 36,000 products listed in its catalogs, Alfa Aesar is the single source for customers' needs for chemicals and materials in sizes for research and scale up. The Alfa Aesar catalog carries materials for biological research, organic compounds, high purity inorganics, pure elements, alloys, precious metal catalysts, AA/ICP standards and more. Alfa Aesar has sales offices and distribution facilities throughout North America, Europe and Asia and a distributor network covering the globe.

Contact: Mara Nieuwsma Alfa Aesar, A Johnson Matthey Company Tel. 1-978-521-6414 Fax 1-978-521-6350 Email mara.nieuwsma@alfa.com http://www.alfa.com

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Click Chemistry Reagents Now Available from Alfa Aesar