by passage through a solvent purification system (JC Meyer Solvent
Systems) and used as anhydrous solvents. The deuterated solvents (CDCl3, CD2Cl2, DMSO-d6) were products of Cambridge Isotopes Laboratories. All other
reagents and solvents, tributylphosphine (PBu3, Alpha Aesar),
trimethylphosphine (PMe3, Alpha Aesar), 2-chloroethanol
(Alpha Aesar), thionyl chloride (SOCl2, Aldrich), potassium
thioacetate (KSAc, Alpha Aesar), anhydrous methanol (Alpha Aesar),
2,2-dimethoxy-2-phenylacetophenone (DMPA, Aldrich), anhydrous dimethyl
sulfoxide (ACROS, DMSO), Alexa Fluor 488 azide (A488, Life Technologies),
copper bromide (CuBr, Aldrich), N,N,N′,N′,N″-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine (PMDETA, Aldrich), and ultrapure
water (molecular biology grade, Quality Biological, Inc.) were used
as received.