Each artificial receptor includes a plurality of building block compounds.

Also disclosed are novel intermediates useful for the preparation of the aforementioned PNA synthons, as well as to methods for preparing the intermediates and the final synthons.

The invention also provides peptide conjugates prepared from such synthons, as well as methods and intermediates useful for preparing such synthons and such conjugates.

In a second aspect, the invention provides processes for synthesizing monomer synthons according to the invention, including diastereomerically enriched or purified monomer synthons.

In a second aspect, the invention provides processes for synthesizing monomer synthons according to the invention, including diastereomerically enriched or purified monomer synthons.

The present invention relates to a resin composition comprising an unsaturated polyester resin comprising 1,3-propane diol building blocks and C5-C10 unsaturated dicarboxylic acid building blocks and further comprising a reactive diluent.

RNRs perform very complex chemistry to convert ribonucleotides--the building blocks of RNA, which are present in the cell--into deoxyribonucleotides--the building blocks of DNA.

RNRs perform very complex chemistry to convert ribonucleotides—the building blocks of RNA, which are present in the cell—into deoxyribonucleotides—the building blocks of DNA.

Novel dimeric phosphoramidite synthons having such a thioester group are also described.

Also provided are peptide conjugates prepared from such synthons, and synthon and conjugate preparation methods including procedures for identifying optimum probe attachment sites.

In an embodiment, at least one of the building blocks includes a tether moiety.

RNRs perform very complex chemistry to convert ribonucleotides–the building blocks of RNA, which are present in the cell–into deoxyribonucleotides–the building blocks of DNA.

A forward synthetic method is described that utilizes recursive application of established organic chemical reactions to derive more complex synthons from available reagents than are available from the reagent synthons themselves.

RNRs perform very complex chemistry to convert ribonucleotides — the building blocks of RNA, which are present in the cell — into deoxyribonucleotides — the building blocks of DNA.

The synthons can be prepared in enantiomerically-purified form without wastage of the unwanted enantiomer.