Benzyl N-[2- (prop-2-enamido) ethyl]carbamate

Benzyl N-[2- (prop-2-enamido) ethyl]carbamate is a short aliphatic linker featuring a Cbz-protected amine and an acrylamide. Acrylamide is a Michael acceptor which is a good Michael acceptor which can be used in thiol-based bioconjugation or polymerization. Meanwhile, the Cbz protecting group can be removed using Pd-C hydrogenation to reveal a free amine that can participate in a wide variety of reactions such as couplings or reductive amination.