US20190046690A9 - Materials with improved properties - Google Patents

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US20190046690A9
US20190046690A9 US15/341,118 US201615341118A US2019046690A9 US 20190046690 A9 US20190046690 A9 US 20190046690A9 US 201615341118 A US201615341118 A US 201615341118A US 2019046690 A9 US2019046690 A9 US 2019046690A9
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  • This invention is in the field of materials with improved properties, e.g., biocompatibility, particularly implantable devices with reduced foreign body response and moieties that confer improved properties, e.g., biocompatibility.
  • the foreign body response is an immune-mediated reaction that impacts the fidelity of implanted biomedical devices (Anderson et al., Semin. Immunol. 20:86-100 (2008); Langer, Adv. Mater. 21:3235-3236 (2009); Ward, J. Diabetes Sci. Technol. Online 2:768-777 (2008); Harding & Reynolds, Trends Biotechnol. 32:140-146 (2014)). Macrophage recognition of biomaterial surfaces in these devices initiate a cascade of inflammatory events that result in the fibrous and collagenous encapsulation of these foreign materials (Anderson et al. (2008); Ward (2008); Harding & Reynolds (2014); Grainger, Nat. Biotechnol.
  • the foreign body response to implanted biomaterials is the culmination of inflammatory events and wound-healing processes resulting in implant encapsulation (Anderson et al. (2008)).
  • the final pathological product of this response is fibrosis, which is characterized by the accumulation of excessive extracellular matrix at sites of inflammation and is a key obstacle for implantable medical devices as the cellular and collagenous deposition isolate the device from the host (Anderson et al. (2008); Wick et al., Annu. Rev. Immunol. 31:107-135 (2013); Wynn & Ramalingam, Nat. Med. 18:1028-1040 (2012)).
  • This device isolation can interfere with sensing of the host environment, lead to painful tissue distortion, cut off nourishment (for implants containing living, cellular components), and ultimately lead to device failure.
  • Materials commonly used for medical device manufacture today elicit a foreign body response that results in fibrous encapsulation of the implanted material (Langer (2009); Ward (2008); Harding & Reynolds (2014); Williams (2008); Zhang et al., Nat. Biotechnol. 31:553-556 (2013)).
  • Overcoming the foreign body response to implanted devices could pave the way for implementing new medical advances, making the development of materials with both anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic properties a critical medical need (Anderson et al. (2008); Langer (2009); Harding & Reynolds (2014)).
  • Macrophages are a key component of material recognition and actively adhere to the surface of foreign objects (Anderson et al. (2008); Ward (2008); Grainger, Nat. Biotechnol. 31:507-509 (2013); Sussman et al., Ann. Biomed. Eng. 1-9 (2013) (doi:10.1007/s10439-013-0933-0)).
  • Objects too large for macrophage phagocytosis initiate processes that result in the fusion of macrophages into foreign-body giant cells.
  • These multi-nucleated bodies amplify the immune response by secreting cytokines and chemokines that result in the recruitment of fibroblasts that actively deposit matrix to isolate the foreign material (Anderson et al.
  • Products such as devices, prostheses, and materials, having surfaces comprising moieties or compounds that impart beneficial properties to these products are disclosed.
  • the surface-modified products have optimized properties, e.g., improved biocompatibility, compared to a corresponding product that lacks the moieties or compounds on its surface.
  • the surface-modified products induce a lower foreign-body response, compared to a corresponding unmodified product.
  • the surfaces of the products can be covalently modified using chemical compounds.
  • the chemical compounds contain hydrophobic groups.
  • the chemical compounds contain aryl/heteroaryl groups.
  • the chemical compounds contain a triazole linked to a moiety or compound that can provide anti-fibrotic properties.
  • the moiety can be tetrahydropyran, thiomorpholine-1,1-dioxide, or aniline.
  • the products described herein can be implanted or administered to a subject comprising a human or an animal including, but not limited to, a mouse, dog, cat, horse, bovine or ovine and the like, that is in need thereof, e.g., in need of alleviation or amelioration from a disorder, e.g., a recognized medical condition.
  • a subject comprising a human or an animal including, but not limited to, a mouse, dog, cat, horse, bovine or ovine and the like, that is in need thereof, e.g., in need of alleviation or amelioration from a disorder, e.g., a recognized medical condition.
  • the product can be formed from a starting material or intermediate which includes the moiety or compound.
  • the product can be formed by covalently modifying a starting material or the surface of a starting material, intermediate, or an otherwise finished object.
  • the surface or a surface of the product can be chemically modified after formation of the product with one or more compounds.
  • the compounds are preferably compounds that confer a beneficial effect, such as lower foreign body response and improved biocompatibility, on the product.
  • the modifying compounds can provide anti-fibrotic properties. Also disclosed are methods of chemically modifying products and methods of using the chemically modified products, such as by implantation into a subject.
  • the compound can have a structure —X—R 1 , where
  • X is oxygen, sulfur, NR 2 , or another group compatible with attachment or coupling of the compound to a product or surface;
  • R 1 is hydrogen, or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, preferably 1-30 carbon atoms, more preferably 1-20 carbon atoms, more preferably 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative R 1 organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 2 is hydrogen or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative R 2 organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 3 ).
  • R 1 is, independently in one or more sites of chemical modification
  • A is hydrogen or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 3 );
  • B, and C are, independently, absent, hydrogen, or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • is an integer from, as valency permits, 0 to 30.
  • R 1 is, independently in one or more sites of chemical modification
  • R 3 is hydrogen or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative R 3 organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R b is absent, hydrogen, or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative R b organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 3 ).
  • a and R 3 can be, independently, hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 3 ).
  • B, C, and R b can be, independently, absent, hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 3 ).
  • a and R 3 can be, independently, hydrogen, amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or J 1 .
  • a and R 3 can be, independently, hydrogen, amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or J 2 .
  • B, C, and R b independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, B, C, and R b can be, independently, absent, hydrogen, amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or J 1 .
  • B, C, and R b independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, B, C, and R b can be, independently, absent, hydrogen, amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or J 2 .
  • a and R 3 can be, independently,
  • z is an integer from 0-11; wherein w is an integer from 0-9; wherein k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • R d are independently B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • X d are independently absent, O, or S;
  • R c is B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 3 );
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently B, C, absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently B, C, hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • B independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, B can be
  • z is an integer from 0-11; wherein w is an integer from 0-9; wherein k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • R d are independently C, R b , U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • X d are independently absent, O, or S;
  • R c is C, R b , absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 );
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently C, R b , absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently C, R b , hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • R b independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, R b can be
  • z is an integer from 0-11; wherein w is an integer from 0-9; wherein k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • R d are independently C, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • X d are independently absent, O, or S;
  • R c is C, absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 );
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently C, absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently C, hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • z is an integer from 0-11; wherein w is an integer from 0-9; wherein k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • R d are independently U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • X d are independently absent, O, or S;
  • R c is absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 );
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • a and R 3 can be, independently,
  • z is an integer from 0-11; wherein w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently B, C, absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • B independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, B can be
  • z is an integer from 0-11; wherein w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently C, R b , U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently C, R b , absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • R b independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, R b can be
  • z is an integer from 0-11; wherein w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently C, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently C, absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • z is an integer from 0-11; wherein w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • a and R 3 can be, independently,
  • z is an integer from 0-11;
  • R d are independently B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently B, C, absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • B independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, B can be
  • z is an integer from 0-11;
  • R d are independently C, R b , U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently C, R b , absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • R b independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, R b can be
  • z is an integer from 0-11;
  • R d are independently C, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently C, absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • z is an integer from 0-11;
  • R d are independently U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • a and R 3 can be, independently,
  • w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently B, C, absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • B independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, B can be
  • w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently C, R b , U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently C, R b , absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • R b independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, R b can be
  • w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently C, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently C, absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • a and R 3 can be, independently,
  • w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are independently C or N, wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, wherein one, two, three, or four of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are N and the others are C, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently B, C, absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • B independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, B can be
  • w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently C, R b , U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are independently C or N, wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, wherein one, two, three, or four of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are N and the others are C, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently C, R b , absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • R b independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, R b can be
  • w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently C, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are independently C or N, wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, wherein one, two, three, or four of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are N and the others are C, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently C, absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are independently C or N, wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, wherein one, two, three, or four of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are N and the others are C, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • a and R 3 can be, independently,
  • k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • X d are independently absent, O, or S;
  • R c is B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently B, C, R b , hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • B independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, B can be
  • k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • X d are independently absent, O, or S;
  • R c is C, R b , absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently C, R b , hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • R b independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, R b can be
  • k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • X d are independently absent, O, or S;
  • R c is C, absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently C, hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • X d are independently absent, O, or S;
  • R c is absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • a and R 3 can be, independently,
  • k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • X d are independently O or S;
  • R c is B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently B, C, R b , hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • B independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, B can be
  • k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • X d are independently O or S;
  • R c is C, R b , absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently C, R b , hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • R b independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, R b can be
  • k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • X d are independently O or S;
  • R c is C, absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently C, hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • X d are independently O or S;
  • R c is absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • a and R 3 can be, independently,
  • k is an integer from 1 to 20;
  • R c is B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently B, C, R b , hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • B independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, B can be
  • k is an integer from 1 to 20;
  • R c is C, R b , absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently C, R b , hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • R b independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, R b can be
  • k is an integer from 1 to 20;
  • R c is C, absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently C, hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • k is an integer from 1 to 20;
  • R c is absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • R 1 is, independently in one or more sites of chemical modification
  • R a and R b are independently selected from U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ), and R b is independently selected from U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 3 ,
  • R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are, independently, hydrogen or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • the compound can have a structure —X—R 1 , where
  • X is oxygen, sulfur, NR 2 , or another group compatible with attachment or coupling of the compound to a product or surface;
  • R 1 is, independently in one or more sites of chemical modification, hydrogen or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 );
  • R 2 is hydrogen or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative R 2 organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • R 1 is, independently in one or more sites of chemical modification
  • R a is independently selected from U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ), and R b is independently selected from U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q
  • R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are, independently, hydrogen or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • a can be an integer from 1 to 30, 2 to 30, 3 to 30, 4 to 30, 5 to 30, 6 to 30, 7 to 30, 8 to 30, 9 to 30, 10 to 30, 11 to 30, 12 to 30, 13 to 30, 14 to 30, 15 to 30, 16 to 30, 17 to 30, 18 to 30, 19 to 30, 20 to 30, 21 to 30, 22 to 30, 23 to 30, 24 to 30, 25 to 30, 26 to 30, 27 to 30, 28 to 30, 29 to 30, 1 to 29, 2 to 29, 3 to 29, 4 to 29, 5 to 29, 6 to 29, 7 to 29, 8 to 29, 9 to 29, 10 to 29, 11 to 29, 12 to 29, 13 to 29, 14 to 29, 15 to 29, 16 to 29, 17 to 29, 18 to 29, 19 to 29, 20 to 29, 21 to 29, 22 to 29, 23 to 29, 24 to 29, 25 to 29, 26 to 29, 27 to 29, 28 to 29, 1 to 29, 26 to 29, 27 to 29, 28 to 29, 1 to 29, 26 to 29, 27 to 29, 28 to 29, 1 to 29, 26 to 29, 27 to 29, 28 to 29, 1 to 29, 26 to 29, 27 to 29, 28 to 29, 1 to 28, 2 to 28, 3 to 28, 4 to 28, 5 to 28, 6 to 28, 7 to 28, 8 to 28, 9 to 28, 10
  • a can be an integer from 1 to 10, 2 to 10, 3 to 10, 4 to 10, 5 to 10, 6 to 10, 7 to 10, 8 to 10, 9 to 10, 1 to 9, 2 to 9, 3 to 9, 4 to 9, 5 to 9, 6 to 9, 7 to 9, 8 to 9, 1 to 8, 2 to 8, 3 to 8, 4 to 8, 5 to 8, 6 to 8, 7 to 8, 1 to 7, 2 to 7, 3 to 7, 4 to 7, 5 to 7, 6 to 7, 1 to 6, 2 to 6, 3 to 6, 4 to 6, 5 to 6, 1 to 5, 2 to 5, 3 to 5, 4 to 5, 1 to 4, 2 to 4, 3 to 4, 1 to 3, 2 to 3, or 1 to 2.
  • a can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10.
  • a can be an integer from 1 to 5, 2 to 5, 3 to 5, 4 to 5, 1 to 4, 2 to 4, 3 to 4, 1 to 3, 2 to 3, or 1 to 2. In preferred embodiments, a is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.
  • m can be an integer from 3 to 16, 4 to 16, 5 to 16, 6 to 16, 7 to 16, 8 to 16, 9 to 16, 10 to 16, 11 to 16, 12 to 16, 13 to 16, 14 to 16, 15 to 16, 3 to 15, 4 to 15, 5 to 15, 6 to 15, 7 to 15, 8 to 15, 9 to 15, 10 to 15, 11 to 15, 12 to 15, 13 to 15, 14 to 15, 3 to 14, 4 to 14, 5 to 14, 6 to 14, 7 to 14, 8 to 14, 9 to 14, 10 to 14, 11 to 14, 12 to 14, 13 to 14, 3 to 13, 4 to 13, 5 to 13, 6 to 13, 7 to 13, 8 to 13, 9 to 13, 10 to 13, 11 to 13, 12 to 13, 3 to 12, 4 to 12, 5 to 12, 6 to 12, 7 to 12, 8 to 12, 9 to 12, 10 to 12, 11 to 12, 3 to 11, 4 to 11, 5 to 11, 6 to 11, 7 to 11, 8 to 11, 9 to 11, 10 to 11, 3 to 10, 4 to 10, 5 to 10, 6 to 10, 7 to 10, 8 to 10, 9 to 10, 3 to 9, 4 to 9, 5 to 9, 6 to 9,
  • m can be an integer from 3 to 10, 4 to 10, 5 to 10, 6 to 10, 7 to 10, 8 to 10, 9 to 10, 3 to 9, 4 to 9, 5 to 9, 6 to 9, 7 to 9, 8 to 9, 3 to 8, 4 to 8, 5 to 8, 6 to 8, 7 to 8, 3 to 7, 4 to 7, 5 to 7, 6 to 7, 3 to 6, 4 to 6, 5 to 6, 3 to 5, 4 to 5, and 3 to 4.
  • m can be 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10.
  • n can be an integer from 3 to 5, 4 to 5, or 3 to 4. In preferred embodiments, m is 3, 4, or 5.
  • n can be an integer from 1 to 12, 2 to 12, 3 to 12, 4 to 12, 5 to 12, 6 to 12, 7 to 12, 8 to 12, 9 to 12, 10 to 12, 11 to 12, 1 to 11, 2 to 11, 3 to 11, 4 to 11, 5 to 11, 6 to 11, 7 to 11, 8 to 11, 9 to 11, 10 to 11, 1 to 10, 2 to 10, 3 to 10, 4 to 10, 5 to 10, 6 to 10, 7 to 10, 8 to 10, 9 to 10, 1 to 9, 2 to 9, 3 to 9, 4 to 9, 5 to 9, 6 to 9, 7 to 9, 8 to 9, 1 to 8, 2 to 8, 3 to 8, 4 to 8, 5 to 8, 6 to 8, 7 to 8, 1 to 7, 2 to 7, 3 to 7, 4 to 7, 5 to 7, 6 to 7, 1 to 6, 2 to 6, 3 to 6, 4 to 6, 5 to 6, 1 to 5, 2 to 5, 3 to 5, 4 to 5, 1 to 4, 2 to 4, 3 to 4, 1 to 3, 2 to 3, or 1 to 2.
  • n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
  • n can be an integer from 1 to 5, 2 to 5, 3 to 5, 4 to 5, 1 to 4, 2 to 4, 3 to 4, 1 to 3, 2 to 3, or 1 to 2. In preferred embodiments, n is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.
  • R 3 is —CH 2 —Ar— or —CH 2 —CH 2 —(O—CH 2 —CH 2 ) 3 —;
  • R 2 is hydrogen;
  • R 4 is hydrogen, methyl, —COOH, —CH 2 —O—CH 2 —CH 2 —OH, or —CH 2 —OH;
  • R 5 is methyl, —COCH 3 , —CH 2 —N(CH 2 —CH 3 ) 2 , —N(CH 2 —CH 3 ) 2 , —CH 2 —O—CH 3 , —(CH 2 ) 6 —CH 3 , —CH 2 —O—CH 2 —CH 2 —OH, —CH 2 —CH(COOH)—(CH 2 ) 5 —CH 3 ,
  • R 4 is hydrogen
  • R 4 is hydrogen
  • R 5 is methyl, —COCH 3 , or —CH 2 —N(CH 2 —CH 3 ) 2 .
  • X is oxygen or NR 2 , wherein R 2 is hydrogen, methyl, or —CH 2 —CH 3 ; and R 1 is —CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —OH, —CH 2 —CH 2 —(O—CH 2 —CH 2 ) n —O—CH 3 , where n is an integer from 3 to 16, —CH 2 —CH 2 —O—CH 2 —CH 2 —OH, —(CH 2 —CH 2 ) 3 —NH—CH 3 ,
  • X is oxygen, sulfur, or NR 2 , wherein R 2 is hydrogen, alkyl, or substituted alkyl, wherein R 1 is
  • R 18 in A is —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —; p is an integer from 0 to 5; each R 19 is hydrogen; each R d is independently alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkyl, substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, dialkylamino, hydroxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, substituted alkoxy, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, C 3 -C 20 cyclic, substituted C 3 -C 20 cyclic, heterocyclic, or substituted heterocyclic; z is an integer from 0 to 11; R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C or N, wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none,
  • R 18 in B is —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —; p is an integer from 0 to 5; each R 19 is hydrogen; each R d is independently alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkyl, substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, dialkylamino, hydroxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, substituted alkoxy, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, C 3 -C 20 cyclic, substituted C 3 -C 20 cyclic, heterocyclic, or substituted heterocyclic; w is an integer from 0 to 4; each R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 , are independently C or N, wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one
  • R 18 in C is —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5;
  • X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 ;
  • each R 19 is hydrogen;
  • R 20 is alkyl or substituted alkyl;
  • R d are independently alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkyl, substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, dialkylamino, hydroxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, substituted alkoxy, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, C 3 -C 20 cyclic,
  • X is oxygen, sulfur, or NR 2 , wherein R 2 is hydrogen, alkyl, or substituted alkyl,
  • R 18 in A is —(CH 2 ) p —; p is an integer from 0 to 5; each R d is independently alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkyl, substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, dialkylamino, hydroxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, substituted alkoxy, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, C 3 -C 20 cyclic, substituted C 3 -C 20 cyclic, heterocyclic, or substituted heterocyclic; z is an integer from 0 to 11; R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C or N, wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to
  • R 18 in B is —(CH 2 ) p —; p is an integer from 0 to 5; each R d is independently alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkyl, substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, dialkylamino, hydroxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, substituted alkoxy, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, C 3 -C 20 cyclic, substituted C 3 -C 20 cyclic, heterocyclic, or substituted heterocyclic; w is an integer from 0 to 4; each R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 , are independently C or N, wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to
  • R 18 in C is —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, p is 1 and q is 0; X b is —O—; each R 19 is hydrogen; R d are independently alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkyl, substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, dialkylamino, hydroxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, substituted alkoxy, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, C 3 -C 20 cyclic, substituted C 3 -C 20 cyclic, heterocyclic, or substituted heterocyclic; z is an integer from 0 to 11; each R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, or S, wherein the
  • X is oxygen, sulfur, or NR 2 , wherein R 2 is hydrogen, alkyl, or substituted alkyl,
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 in A are independently hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, arylalkyl, substituted arylalkyl, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, aroxy, substituted aroxy, carbonyl, substituted carbonyl, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, C 3 -C 20 cyclic, substituted C 3 -C 20 cyclic, heterocyclic, substituted heterocyclic, poly(ethylene glycol), or poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid); k is an integer from 0 to 20; each X d is independently absent, O, or S; and R c is
  • R 18 in B is —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —; p is an integer from 0 to 5; each R 19 is hydrogen; each R d is independently alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkyl, substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, dialkylamino, hydroxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, substituted alkoxy, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, C 3 -C 20 cyclic, substituted C 3 -C 20 cyclic, heterocyclic, or substituted heterocyclic; w is an integer from 0 to 4; each R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 , are independently C or N, wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one
  • R 18 in C is —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5;
  • X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 ;
  • each R 19 is hydrogen;
  • R 20 is alkyl or substituted alkyl;
  • R d are independently alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkyl, substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, dialkylamino, hydroxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, substituted alkoxy, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, C 3 -C 20 cyclic,
  • X is oxygen, sulfur, or NR 2 , wherein R 2 is hydrogen, alkyl, or substituted alkyl,
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 in A are independently hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, arylalkyl, substituted arylalkyl, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, aroxy, substituted aroxy, carbonyl, substituted carbonyl, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, C 3 -C 20 cyclic, substituted C 3 -C 20 cyclic, heterocyclic, substituted heterocyclic, poly(ethylene glycol), or poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid); k is an integer from 0 to 20; each X d is independently absent, O, or S; and R c is
  • R 18 in B is —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —; p is an integer from 0 to 5; each R 19 is hydrogen; each R d is independently alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkyl, substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, dialkylamino, hydroxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, substituted alkoxy, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, C 3 -C 20 cyclic, substituted C 3 -C 20 cyclic, heterocyclic, or substituted heterocyclic; w is an integer from 0 to 4; each R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 , are independently C or N, wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one
  • R 18 in C is —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —; p is an integer from 0 to 5; each R 19 is hydrogen; R d are independently alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkyl, substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, dialkylamino, hydroxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, substituted alkoxy, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, C 3 -C 20 cyclic, substituted C 3 -C 20 cyclic, heterocyclic, or substituted heterocyclic; z is an integer from 0 to 11; wherein R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, N, or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R
  • the compound is N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-N-phenyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N
  • the product includes a cargo or payload, such as a biological material.
  • a biological material can be cells or tissue.
  • the cargo is disposed within an outer member (e.g. a coating or encapsulating layer) that includes compounds as described herein on its surface.
  • the product can be a cardiac pacemaker, a catheter, a needle injection catheter, a blood clot filter, a vascular transplant, a balloon, a stent transplant, a biliary stent, an intestinal stent, a bronchial stent, an esophageal stent, a ureteral stent, an aneurysm-filling coil or other coil device, a surgical repair mesh, a transmyocardial revascularization device, a percutaneous myocardial revascularization device, a prosthesis, an organ, a vessel, an aorta, a heart valve, a tube, an organ replacement part, an implant, a fiber, a hollow fiber, a membrane, a textile, banked blood, a blood container, a titer plate, an adsorber media, a dialyzer, a connecting piece, a sensor, a valve, an endoscope, a filter, a pump chamber,
  • the product includes cells or tissues encapsulated or coated with a polymer, where the surface or a surface of the polymeric product includes compounds as described herein.
  • a polymer such as
  • the polymer comprises polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS);
  • the compound comprises the formula -A-B(—C) ⁇ (Formula XIII), where A is Formula VIII or Formula VI, B is Formula IX, ⁇ is 1, C is Formula VI;
  • the product is spherical or spheroidal in shape
  • the cell is a cell producing a recombinant product
  • the product has a pore size of 0.1 to 1 ⁇ m.
  • the product is provided as a preparation of products and the products in the preparation have one or more of the following characteristics:
  • At least 50% of the products in the preparation have a surface with a concentration of 1 to 5% surface modifications as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS);
  • the product has properties (1) and (2).
  • the product has properties (1) and (3).
  • the product has properties (1) and (4).
  • the product has properties (2) and (3).
  • the product has properties (2) and (4).
  • the product has properties (3) and (4).
  • the product has properties (1), (2), and (3).
  • the product has properties (1), (2), (3). and (4).
  • At least 5% of the cells are alive after 30 days.
  • the cells when implanted into the subject, the cells respond to an increase in blood glucose by secreting insulin.
  • the product is singularly modified with the compound of (b).
  • the product is encapsulated or coated with a polymer, wherein the polymer comprises a compound with a structure-X—R 1 , wherein X is oxygen, sulfur, NR 2 , or another group compatible with attachment or coupling of the compound to a product or surface; R 2 is hydrogen, alkyl, or substituted alkyl; and R 1 is
  • R 18 in A is —(CH 2 ) p —; p is an integer from 0 to 5; each R d is independently alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkyl, substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, dialkylamino, hydroxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, substituted alkoxy, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, C 3 -C 20 cyclic, substituted C 3 -C 20 cyclic, heterocyclic, or substituted heterocyclic; z is an integer from 0 to 11; R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C or N, wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to
  • R 18 in B is —(CH 2 ) p —; p is an integer from 0 to 5; each R d is independently alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkyl, substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, dialkylamino, hydroxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, substituted alkoxy, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, C 3 -C 20 cyclic, substituted C 3 -C 20 cyclic, heterocyclic, or substituted heterocyclic; w is an integer from 0 to 4; each R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 , are independently C or N, wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to
  • R 18 in C is —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, p is 1 and q is 0; X b is —O—; each R 19 is hydrogen; R d are independently alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkyl, substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, dialkylamino, hydroxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, substituted alkoxy, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, C 3 -C 20 cyclic, substituted C 3 -C 20 cyclic, heterocyclic, or substituted heterocyclic; z is an integer from 0 to 11; each R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, or S, wherein the
  • is 1; and wherein the product has one or more characteristics selected from:
  • the product is encapsulated or coated with a polymer, wherein the polymer comprises a compound with a structure-X—R 1 , wherein X is oxygen, sulfur, NR 2 , or another group compatible with attachment or coupling of the compound to a product or surface; R 2 is hydrogen, alkyl, or substituted alkyl; and R 1 is
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 in A are independently hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, arylalkyl, substituted arylalkyl, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, aroxy, substituted aroxy, carbonyl, substituted carbonyl, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, C 3 -C 20 cyclic, substituted C 3 -C 20 cyclic, heterocyclic, substituted heterocyclic, poly(ethylene glycol), or poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid); k is an integer from 0 to 20; each X d is independently absent, O, or S; and R c is
  • R 18 in B is —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —; p is an integer from 0 to 5; each R 19 is hydrogen; each R d is independently alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkyl, substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, dialkylamino, hydroxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, substituted alkoxy, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, C 3 -C 20 cyclic, substituted C 3 -C 20 cyclic, heterocyclic, or substituted heterocyclic; w is an integer from 0 to 4; each R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 , are independently C or N, wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one
  • R 18 in C is —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —; p is an integer from 0 to 5; each R 19 is hydrogen; R d are independently alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkyl, substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, dialkylamino, hydroxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, substituted alkoxy, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, C 3 -C 20 cyclic, substituted C 3 -C 20 cyclic, heterocyclic, or substituted heterocyclic; z is an integer from 0 to 11; wherein R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, N, or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R
  • is 1; and wherein the product has one or more characteristics selected from:
  • the product is multiply modified with the compound of (b) and another compound of different structure (for example, another compound as disclosed herein).
  • the product is purified after chemical modification to remove any unreacted or partially reacted contaminants present with the chemically modified product, wherein the purified chemically modified product induces a lower foreign body response than a similar product that has not been chemically modified.
  • Biocompatible refers to a substance or object that performs its desired function when introduced into an organism without inducing significant inflammatory response, immunogenicity, or cytotoxicity to native cells, tissues, or organs.
  • a biocompatible product is a product that performs its desired function when introduced into an organism without inducing significant inflammatory response, immunogenicity, or cytotoxicity to native cells, tissues, or organs.
  • Biocompatibility as used herein, can be quantified using the in vivo biocompatibility assay described below.
  • a material or product as disclosed can be considered biocompatible if it produces, in a test of biocompatibility related to immune system reaction less than 50%, 45%, 40%, 35%, 30%, 25%, 20%, 15%, 10%, 8%, 6%, 5%, 4%, 3%, 2%, or 1% of the reaction, in the same test of biocompatibility, produced by a material or product the same as the test material or product except for a lack of the surface modification on the test material or product.
  • useful biocompatibility tests include measuring and assessing cytotoxicity in cell culture, inflammatory response after implantation (such as by fluorescence detection of cathepsin activity), and immune system cells recruited to implant (for example, macrophages and neutrophils).
  • Formal body response refers to the immunological response of biological tissue to the presence of any foreign material in the tissue which can include protein adsorption, macrophages, multinucleated foreign body giant cells, fibroblasts, and angiogenesis.
  • Contacting refers to any way for coating a product, using one or more of the compounds disclosed herein, on a substrate such as a product. Contacting can include, but is not limited to, intraoperative dip-coating, spraying, wetting, immersing, dipping, painting, bonding or adhering, stepwise surface derivatization, or otherwise providing a substrate or surface with a compound.
  • the compound can be covalently attached, non-covalently attached, or both, to the substrate or surface.
  • Coating refers to any temporary, semi-permanent or permanent layer, covering or surface.
  • a coating can be applied as a gas, vapor, liquid, paste, semi-solid, or solid.
  • a coating can be applied as a liquid and solidified into a hard coating.
  • Elasticity can be engineered into coatings to accommodate pliability, e.g. swelling or shrinkage, of the substrate or surface to be coated.
  • Chemical modification refers to chemical modification of the product. Generally, such chemical modification is by direct attachment, coupling, or adherence of a compound to the surface material of the product. Preferably, the chemical modification involves modification with one or more of the disclosed compounds. Chemical modification, as defined herein in the context of the disclosed products, can be accomplished at any time and in any manner, including, for example, synthesis or production of the modified form of the product or material when the product or material is formed, addition of the chemical modification after the final product or material is formed, or at any time in between.
  • addition or application of a material, compound, or composition to a starting material or intermediate before it is made into or incorporated into the final product can be specifically excluded.
  • chemical modification of alginate or another polymer prior to the polymer being incorporated into a capsule or other structure can be, in some embodiments, specifically excluded as the manner of producing a chemical modification of the capsule or structure.
  • coating a device, prosthesis, or other product with a material that was chemically modified prior to being applied as a coating can be, in some embodiments, specifically excluded as the manner of producing a chemical modification of the device, prosthesis, or product.
  • coating of or addition to the product of another material that has chemical modifications does not alter the fact that the product was chemically modified according to the meaning of the term used herein.
  • addition or application of a material, compound, or composition to a starting material or intermediate before it is made into or incorporated into the final product can be specifically excluded.
  • chemical or surface modification of alginate or another polymer prior to the polymer being incorporated into a capsule or other structure can be, in some embodiments, specifically excluded as the manner of producing a surface modification of the capsule or structure.
  • coating a device, prosthesis, or other product with a material that was chemically modified prior to being applied as a coating can be, in some embodiments, specifically excluded as the manner of producing a surface modification of the device, prosthesis, or product.
  • coating of or addition to the product of another material that has chemical modifications does not alter the fact that the product was surface modified according to the meaning of the term used herein.
  • the moieties or compounds modifying the product can be present on the surface or a surface of the product, and are not present, or are not present in a significant amount, elsewhere in the product, e.g., on internal or interior surfaces. In some embodiments, at least 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 95, or 99% of the moieties or compounds are present on the surface or a surface of the product. In some embodiments, the moieties or compounds are present on the exterior face of the surface or a surface of the product, and are not present, or not present in a significant amount, elsewhere in the product, e.g., on internal or interior surfaces. In some embodiments, at least 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 95, or 99% of the moieties or compounds are present on the external face of the surface or a surface of the product.
  • the moieties or compounds modifying the product can be present on a portion or component of the product, and are not present, or are not present in a significant amount, elsewhere in the product. Such differences can be referred to as asymmetry of the modification or coating.
  • at least 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 95, or 99% of the moieties or compounds are present on the portion or component of the product.
  • the moieties or compounds are present on the exterior face of the portion or component of the product, and are not present, or not present in a significant amount, elsewhere in the product.
  • at least 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 95, or 99% of the moieties or compounds are present on the external face of the portion or component of the product.
  • the surface or a surface of a product corresponds to the idealized surface of a three dimensional solid that is topological homeomorphic with the product.
  • the surface or a surface of the product can be an exterior surface or an interior surface of the product.
  • An exterior surface forms the outermost layer of a product or device.
  • An interior surface surrounds an inner cavity of a product or device, such as the inner cavity of a tube.
  • both the outside surface of a tube and the inside surface of a tube are part of the surface or a surface of the tube.
  • internal surfaces of the product that are not in topological communication with the exterior surface, such as a tube with closed ends, can be excluded as the surface or a surface of a product.
  • Preferred surfaces to be chemically modified are the outside surface and surfaces that can contact immune system components.
  • the product is porous or has holes in its mean (idealized or surface, the internal faces of passages and holes would not be considered part of the surface or a surface of the product if its opening on the mean surface of the product is less than 5 nm.
  • Corresponding product and “similar product,” as used herein, refers a product that has, as far as is practical or possible, the same composition, structure, and construction as a reference product.
  • the terms “corresponding” and “similar” can be used for the same meaning with any particular or subgroup of products or other materials described herein.
  • a “similar surface modification” refers a surface modification that has, as far as is practical or possible, the same composition, structure, and construction as a reference surface modification.
  • Control corresponding product and “control similar product,” as used herein, refers a product that has, as far as is practical or possible, the same composition, structure, and construction as a reference product except for one or more specified parameters.
  • a control corresponding product that lacks the chemical modification in reference to a chemically modified product refers to a product that has, as far as is practical or possible, the same composition, structure, and construction as a reference product except for the chemical modification.
  • a product prior to chemical modification constitutes a control corresponding product to the chemically modified form of the product.
  • control corresponding and “control similar” can be used for the same meaning with any particular or subgroup of products or other materials described herein.
  • control similar surface modification refers a surface modification that has, as far as is practical or possible, the same composition, structure, and construction as a reference surface modification except for one or more specified parameters.
  • Components that are “control corresponding” or “control similar” relative to a reference component are useful as controls in assays assessing the effect of independent variables.
  • Preparation refers to a plurality of the product, compound, or other object or component, each such product, compound, or other object or component having a set of common properties and structure but also having some differences in properties or structure.
  • a preparation of capsules with capsules having the same composition, structure, and functional properties can include, for example, capsules having a variance in shape, size, pore size, generally around a desired mean. It is not necessary that such variance be intended or purposely designed, although that is contemplated. Rather, such variance generally is a consequence of the variability in production or preparation of the products, compounds, and other objects and components (as is exemplified by production of capsules).
  • transplanting refers to the insertion or grafting into the body of a subject a product or material.
  • administering refers to contacting a substance or product to the body of a subject.
  • administering a substance or a product includes contacting the skin of a subject and injecting or implanting a substance or product into the subject.
  • Chemical compound refers to an organic compound.
  • the disclosed compounds for chemically modifying products are examples of chemical compounds.
  • Long term refers to a state or situation that extends for longer than days or weeks. Preferred long term effects last several months or years.
  • Monitoring refers to any method in the art by which an activity can be measured.
  • Providing refers to any method, device, or means of adding a compound or molecule to something, e.g., a method or device known in the art. Examples of providing can include the use of pipettes, pipettemen, syringes, needles, tubing, guns, etc. This can be manual or automated. It can include transfection by any mean or any other means of providing nucleic acids to dishes, cells, tissue, cell-free systems and can be in vitro or in vivo.
  • Preventing refers to administering or applying a treatment or therapy prior to the onset of clinical symptoms of a disease or conditions so as to prevent a physical manifestation of aberrations associated with the disease or condition.
  • “In need of treatment,” as used herein, refers to a subject that would benefit from the treatment. In some embodiments, it comprises a judgment made by a caregiver (e.g. physician, nurse, nurse practitioner, or individual in the case of humans; veterinarian in the case of animals, including non-human mammals) that a subject requires or will benefit from treatment. This judgment can be made based on a variety of factors that are in the realm of a care giver's expertise, but that includes the knowledge that the subject is ill, or will be ill, as the result of a condition that is treatable by the compounds of the invention.
  • a caregiver e.g. physician, nurse, nurse practitioner, or individual in the case of humans; veterinarian in the case of animals, including non-human mammals
  • Subject includes, but is not limited to, animals, plants, bacteria, viruses, parasites and any other organism or entity.
  • the subject can be a vertebrate, more specifically a mammal (e.g., a human, horse, pig, rabbit, dog, sheep, goat, non-human primate, cow, cat, guinea pig or rodent), a fish, a bird or a reptile or an amphibian.
  • the subject can be an invertebrate, more specifically an arthropod (e.g., insects and crustaceans).
  • the term does not denote a particular age or sex. Thus, adult and newborn subjects, as well as fetuses, whether male or female, are intended to be covered.
  • a patient refers to a subject afflicted with a disease or disorder.
  • patient includes human and veterinary subjects.
  • Treatment and “treating,” as used herein, refer to the medical management of a subject with the intent to cure, ameliorate, stabilize, or prevent a disease, pathological condition, or disorder.
  • This term includes active treatment, that is, treatment directed specifically toward the improvement of a disease, pathological condition, or disorder, and also includes causal treatment, that is, treatment directed toward removal of the cause of the associated disease, pathological condition, or disorder.
  • this term includes palliative treatment, that is, treatment designed for the relief of symptoms rather than the curing of the disease, pathological condition, or disorder; preventative treatment, that is, treatment directed to minimizing or partially or completely inhibiting the development of the associated disease, pathological condition, or disorder; and supportive treatment, that is, treatment employed to supplement another specific therapy directed toward the improvement of the associated disease, pathological condition, or disorder.
  • palliative treatment that is, treatment designed for the relief of symptoms rather than the curing of the disease, pathological condition, or disorder
  • preventative treatment that is, treatment directed to minimizing or partially or completely inhibiting the development of the associated disease, pathological condition, or disorder
  • supportive treatment that is, treatment employed to supplement another specific therapy directed toward the improvement of the associated disease, pathological condition, or disorder.
  • treatment while intended to cure, ameliorate, stabilize, or prevent a disease, pathological condition, or disorder, need not actually result in the cure, ameliorization, stabilization or prevention.
  • the effects of treatment can be measured or assessed as described herein and as known in the art
  • a cell can be in vitro. Alternatively, a cell can be in vivo and can be found in a subject.
  • a “cell” can be a cell from any organism including, but not limited to, a bacterium.
  • beneficial effect refers to any effect that is desired.
  • beneficial effects include lower foreign body response, improved biocompatibility, and reduced immune response or reaction.
  • each instance of the group referred to is chosen independently of the other instances of that group. For example, each instance of the group could be different from every other instance, some other instances, or no other instances of the group. Where multiple groups are referred to, “independently” means that each instance of each given group is chosen independently of the other instances of the respective group and that each of the groups are chosen independently of the other groups. For example, each instance of a first group could be different from every instance, some other instances, or no other instances of a second group (or third, or fourth, etc., group).
  • Component as used herein in the context of a product, e.g., medical products, such as medical devices, is a part of a product that is structurally integrated with that product.
  • a component may be applied to a substrate or to the surface or a surface of a product, contained within the substance of the product, retained in the interior of the product, or any other arrangement whereby that part is an integral element of the structure of the product.
  • the silicone covering surrounding the mechanical part of a pacemaker is a component of the pacemaker.
  • a component may be the lumen of a product where the lumen performs some function essential to the overall function of the product.
  • the lumen of a tissue expander port is a component of the tissue expander.
  • a component can refer to a reservoir or a discrete area within the product specifically adapted for the delivery of a fluid to a surface of the product.
  • a reservoir within an implantable drug delivery device is a component of that device.
  • phrases “effective amount,” as used herein in the context of a coating, generally refers to the amount of the coating applied to the implant in order to provide one or more clinically measurable endpoints, such as reduced foreign body response compared to an uncoated implant, an implant coated with an unmodified coating, or another suitable control.
  • the phrase “effective amount,” as used herein in the context of a cell, capsule, product, device, material, composition, or compound refers to a nontoxic but sufficient amount of the cell, capsule, product, device, material, composition, or compound to provide the desired result.
  • the exact amount required may vary from subject to subject, depending on the species, age, and general condition of the subject; the severity of the disease that is being treated; the particular cell, capsule, product, device, material, composition, or compound used; its mode of administration; and other routine variables.
  • An appropriate effective amount can be determined by one of ordinary skill in the art using only routine experimentation.
  • Singlely modified refers to a modified product that contains one or more covalently attached compounds, non-covalently attached compounds, or both, wherein substantially all of the covalently attached compounds, non-covalently attached compounds, or both are the same compound.
  • a singularly modified device includes, for example, a modified device wherein all the modifications are carried out using Z1-Y15 (see below).
  • Multiply modified refers to a modified product that contains one or more covalently attached compounds, non-covalently attached compounds, or both, wherein substantially all of the covalently attached compounds, non-covalently attached compounds, or both are not formed using the same compound.
  • a multiply modified device includes, for example, a modified device wherein the modifications are carried out using Z2-Y12, Z1-Y15 and Z1-Y19 (see below).
  • Capsule refers to a particle having a mean diameter of about 150 ⁇ m to about 5 cm, formed of a cross-linked hydrogel, having a cross-linked hydrogel core that is surrounded by one or more polymeric shells, having one or more cross-linked hydrogel layers, having a cross-linked hydrogel coating, or a combination thereof.
  • the capsule may have any shape suitable for, for example, cell encapsulation.
  • the capsule may contain one or more cells dispersed in the cross-linked hydrogel, thereby “encapsulating” the cells.
  • Reference to “capsules” herein refers to and includes microcapsules unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
  • Preferred capsules have a mean diameter of about 150 ⁇ m to about 8 mm.
  • Microcapsule and “microgel,” as used herein, are used interchangeably to refer to a particle or capsule having a mean diameter of about 150 ⁇ m to about 1000 ⁇ m.
  • Biomaterial refers to any biological substance, including, but not limited to, tissue, cells, biological micromolecules, such as a nucleotides, amino acids, cofactors, and hormones, biological macromolecules, such as nucleic acids, polypeptides, proteins (for example enzymes, receptors, secretory proteins, structural and signaling proteins, hormones, ligands, etc.), polysaccharides, and/or any combination thereof.
  • tissue cells
  • biological micromolecules such as a nucleotides, amino acids, cofactors, and hormones
  • biological macromolecules such as nucleic acids, polypeptides, proteins (for example enzymes, receptors, secretory proteins, structural and signaling proteins, hormones, ligands, etc.), polysaccharides, and/or any combination thereof.
  • Cell refers to individual cells, cell lines, primary cultures, or cultures derived from such cells unless specifically indicated.
  • Cell refers to a composition including cells, such as isolated cells, which can be of the same or a different type.
  • Cell line refers to a permanently established cell culture that will proliferate indefinitely given appropriate fresh medium and space, thus making the cell line “immortal.”
  • Cell strain refers to a cell culture having a plurality of cells adapted to culture, but with finite division potential.
  • Cell culture is a population of cells grown on a medium such as agar.
  • Cells can be, for example, xenogeneic, autologous, or allogeneic. Cells can also be primary cells. Cells can also be cells derived from the culture and expansion of a cell obtained from a subject. For example, cells can also be stem cells or derived from stem cells. Cells can also be immortalized cells. Cells can also be genetically engineered to express or produce a protein, nucleic acid, or other product.
  • Micromalian cell refers to any cell derived from a mammalian subject.
  • “Autologous,” as used herein, refers to a transplanted biological material, such as cells, taken from the same individual.
  • Allogeneic refers to a transplanted biological material, such as cells, taken from a different individual of the same species.
  • Xenogeneic refers to a transplanted biological material, such as cells, taken from a different species.
  • Endocrine cell refers to a cell of the endocrine system.
  • “Secreting endocrine cell,” as used herein, refers to an endocrine cell that secretes one or more hormones.
  • Islet cell refers to an endocrine cell derived from a mammalian pancreas. Islet cells include alpha cells that secrete glucagon, beta cells that secrete insulin and amylin, delta cells that secrete somatostatin, PP cells that secrete pancreatic polypeptide, or epsilon cells that secrete ghrelin. The term includes homogenous and heterogeneous populations of these cells. In preferred embodiments, a population of islet cells contains at least beta cells. In certain embodiments, an islet cell is a human islet cell.
  • Hormone-producing cell refers to a cell that produces one or more hormones. Preferred hormone-producing cells produce hormone in response to physiological stimulus, such as the physiological stimulus that cause secretion of the hormone from an endocrine cell that naturally secretes the hormone. Secreting endocrine cells, hormone-producing cells derived from stem cells, and cells genetically engineered to produce hormone are examples of hormone-producing cells.
  • Insulin-producing cell refers to a cell that produces insulin. Preferred insulin-producing cells produce insulin in response to glucose levels. Islet beta cells, insulin-producing cells derived from stem cells, and cells genetically engineered to produce insulin are examples of insulin-producing cells.
  • Transplant refers to the transfer of a cell, tissue, or organ to a subject from another source. The term is not limited to a particular mode of transfer. Encapsulated cells may be transplanted by any suitable method, such as by injection or surgical implantation.
  • Primary cells “primary cell lines,” and “primary cultures,” as used herein, are used interchangeably to refer to cells and cells cultures that have been derived from a subject and allowed to grow in vitro for a limited number of passages, that is, splittings, of the culture.
  • Mesenchymal stem cell or “MSC,” as used herein, refer to multipotent stem cells present in or derived from mesenchymal tissue that can differentiate into a variety of cell types, including: osteoblasts, chondrocytes, and adipocytes.
  • induced pluripotent stem cells are derived from somatic cells.
  • Pluripotency refers to the ability of cells to differentiate into multiple types of cells in an organism.
  • pluripotency refers to the ability of cells to differentiate into multiple types of cells in an organism.
  • pluripotent stem cells it is meant cells that can self-renew and differentiate to produce all types of cells in an organism.
  • multipotency it is meant the ability of cells to differentiate into some types of cells in an organism but not all, typically into cells of a particular tissue or cell lineage.
  • Multi-potent cells and “adult stem cells,” as used herein, refer to any type of stem cell that is not derived from an embryo or fetus and generally has a limited capacity to generate new cell types (referred to as “multipotency”) and being committed to a particular lineage.
  • “Induced pluripotent stem cell,” as used herein, encompasses pluripotent stem cells, that, like embryonic stem (ES) cells, can be cultured over a long period of time while maintaining the ability to differentiate into all types of cells in an organism, but that, unlike ES cells (which are derived from the inner cell mass of blastocysts), are derived from somatic cells.
  • ES embryonic stem
  • Analogs and derivatives in the context of chemical compounds, are used herein interchangeably, and refer to a compound having a structure similar to that of a parent compound, but varying from the parent compound by a difference in one or more certain components. (Designation as a parent compound does not mean that the parent compound is used as a starting material or intermediate but is rather a structural relationship.) Analogs or derivatives differ from the parent compound in one or more atoms, functional groups, or substructures, which are replaced with other atoms, groups, or substructures. An analog or derivative can be imagined to be formed, at least theoretically, from the parent compound via some chemical or physical process.
  • analog and derivative encompass compounds which retain the same basic ring structure as the parent compound, but possess one or more different substituents on the ring(s).
  • an analog or derivative of Z2-Y12 refers to a compound that retains the core of Z2-Y12, e.g., but differs in or more substituents on any of the rings.
  • an analog or derivative retains at least, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, or 100% of a selected activity of a reference compound, e.g., a parent compound.
  • “Substantially,” as used herein, specifies an amount of 95% or more, 96% or more, 97% or more, 98% or more, or 99% or more.
  • “Click chemistry,” as used herein, refers to chemical reactions used to couple two compounds together which are high yielding, wide in scope, create only byproducts that can be removed without chromatography, are stereospecific, simple to perform, and can be conducted in easily removable or benign solvents.
  • Examples of reactions which fulfill these criteria include the nucleophilic ring opening of epoxides and aziridines, non-aldol type carbonyl reactions, including the formation of hydrazones and heterocycles, additions to carbon-carbon multiple bonds, including Michael Additions, and cycloaddition reactions, such as a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction (i.e., a Huisgen cycloaddition reaction).
  • “Substituted,” as used herein, refers to all permissible substituents of the compounds or functional groups described herein.
  • the permissible substituents include acyclic and cyclic, branched and unbranched, carbocyclic and heterocyclic, aromatic and nonaromatic substituents of organic compounds.
  • Illustrative substituents include, but are not limited to, halogens, hydroxyl groups, or any other organic groupings containing any number of carbon atoms, preferably 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally include one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats.
  • substituents include alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, halo, hydroxyl, arylalkyl, substituted arylalkyl, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, phenoxy, substituted phenoxy, aroxy, substituted aroxy, alkylthio, substituted alkylthio, phenylthio, substituted phenylthio, arylthio, substituted arylthio, cyano, isocyano, substituted isocyano, carbonyl, substituted carbonyl, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, sulfonyl, substituted sulfonyl, sulfonic acid, phosphoryl, substituted phosphoryl, substitute
  • Heteroatoms such as nitrogen may have hydrogen substituents and/or any permissible substituents of organic compounds described herein which satisfy the valences of the heteroatoms. It is understood that “substitution” or “substituted” includes the implicit proviso that such substitution is in accordance with permitted valence of the substituted atom and the substituent, and that the substitution results in a stable compound, i.e. a compound that does not spontaneously undergo transformation such as by rearrangement, cyclization, elimination, etc.
  • substituted refers to a structure, e.g., a chemical compound or a moiety on a larger chemical compound, regardless of how the structure was formed.
  • the structure is not limited to a structure made by any specific method.
  • Aryl refers to C 5 -C 26 -membered aromatic, fused aromatic, fused heterocyclic, or biaromatic ring systems.
  • aryl includes 5-, 6-, 7-, 8-, 9-, 10-, 14-, 18-, and 24-membered single-ring aromatic groups, for example, benzene, naphthalene, anthracene, phenanthrene, chrysene, pyrene, corannulene, coronene, etc.
  • Aryl further encompasses polycyclic ring systems having two or more cyclic rings in which two or more carbons are common to two adjoining rings (i.e., “fused rings”) wherein at least one of the rings is aromatic, e.g., the other cyclic ring or rings can be cycloalkyls, cycloalkenyls, cycloalkynyls, aryls and/or heterocycles.
  • substituted aryl refers to an aryl group, wherein one or more hydrogen atoms on one or more aromatic rings are substituted with one or more substituents including, but not limited to, halogen, azide, alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, alkoxy, carbonyl (such as a ketone, aldehyde, carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, formyl, or an acyl), silyl, ether, ester, thiocarbonyl (such as a thioester, a thioacetate, or a thioformate), alkoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphate, phosphonate, phosphinate, amino (or quarternized amino), amido, amidine, imine, cyano, nitro, azido, sulfhydryl, imino, alkylthio, sulfate,
  • Heterocycle refers to a cyclic radical attached via a ring carbon or nitrogen atom of a monocyclic or bicyclic ring containing 3-10 ring atoms, and preferably from 5-6 ring atoms, consisting of carbon and one to four heteroatoms each selected from the group consisting of non-peroxide oxygen, sulfur, and N(Y) wherein Y is absent or is H, O, C 1 -C 10 alkyl, phenyl or benzyl, and optionally containing 1-3 double bonds and optionally substituted with one or more substituents.
  • Heterocyclyl are distinguished from heteroaryl by definition.
  • heterocycles include, but are not limited to piperazinyl, piperidinyl, piperidonyl, 4-piperidonyl, dihydrofuro[2,3-b]tetrahydrofuran, morpholinyl, piperazinyl, piperidinyl, piperidonyl, 4-piperidonyl, piperonyl, pyranyl, 2H-pyrrolyl, 4H-quinolizinyl, quinuclidinyl, tetrahydrofuranyl, 6H-1,2,5-thiadiazinyl.
  • Heterocyclic groups can optionally be substituted with one or more substituents as defined above for alkyl and aryl.
  • heteroaryl refers to C 5 -C 26 -membered aromatic, fused aromatic, biaromatic ring systems, or combinations thereof, in which one or more carbon atoms on one or more aromatic ring structures have been substituted with an heteroatom.
  • Suitable heteroatoms include, but are not limited to, oxygen, sulfur, and nitrogen.
  • heteroaryl includes 5-, 6-, 7-, 8-, 9-, 10-, 14-, 18-, and 24-membered single-ring aromatic groups that may include from one to four heteroatoms, for example, pyrrole, furan, thiophene, imidazole, oxazole, thiazole, triazole, tetrazole, pyrazole, pyridine, pyrazine, pyridazine and pyrimidine, and the like.
  • the heteroaryl group may also be referred to as “aryl heterocycles” or “heteroaromatics”.
  • Heteroaryl further encompasses polycyclic ring systems having two or more rings in which two or more carbons are common to two adjoining rings (i.e., “fused rings”) wherein at least one of the rings is heteroaromatic, e.g., the other cyclic ring or rings can be cycloalkyls, cycloalkenyls, cycloalkynyls, aryls, heterocycles, or combinations thereof.
  • heteroaryl rings include, but are not limited to, benzimidazolyl, benzofuranyl, benzothiofuranyl, benzothiophenyl, benzoxazolyl, benzoxazolinyl, benzthiazolyl, benztriazolyl, benztetrazolyl, benzisoxazolyl, benzisothiazolyl, benzimidazolinyl, carbazolyl, 4aH-carbazolyl, carbolinyl, chromanyl, chromenyl, cinnolinyl, decahydroquinolinyl, 2H,6H-1,5,2-dithiazinyl, furanyl, furazanyl, imidazolidinyl, imidazolinyl, imidazolyl, 1H-indazolyl, indolenyl, indolinyl, indolizinyl, indolyl, 3H-indolyl, is
  • substituted heteroaryl refers to a heteroaryl group in which one or more hydrogen atoms on one or more heteroaromatic rings are substituted with one or more substituents including, but not limited to, halogen, azide, alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, alkoxy, carbonyl (such as a ketone, aldehyde, carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, formyl, or an acyl), silyl, ether, ester, thiocarbonyl (such as a thioester, a thioacetate, or a thioformate), alkoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphate, phosphonate, phosphinate, amino (or quarternized amino), amido, amidine, imine, cyano, nitro, azido, sulfhydryl, imino, alkylthio, sul
  • substituents including
  • Alkyl refers to the radical of saturated aliphatic groups, including straight-chain alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl groups, branched-chain alkyl, cycloalkyl (alicyclic), alkyl substituted cycloalkylgroups, and cycloalkyl substituted alkyl.
  • a straight chain or branched chain alkyl has 30 or fewer carbon atoms in its backbone (e.g., C 1 -C 30 for straight chains, C 3 -C 30 for branched chains), preferably 20 or fewer, more preferably 15 or fewer, most preferably 10 or fewer.
  • preferred cycloalkyls have from 3-10 carbon atoms in their ring structure, and more preferably have 5, 6 or 7 carbons in the ring structure.
  • alkyl (or “lower alkyl”) as used throughout the specification, examples, and claims is intended to include both “unsubstituted alkyls” and “substituted alkyls,” the latter of which refers to alkyl moieties having one or more substituents replacing a hydrogen on one or more carbons of the hydrocarbon backbone.
  • substituents include, but are not limited to, halogen, hydroxyl, carbonyl (such as a carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, formyl, or an acyl), thiocarbonyl (such as a thioester, a thioacetate, or a thioformate), alkoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphate, phosphonate, a hosphinate, amino, amido, amidine, imine, cyano, nitro, azido, sulfhydryl, alkylthio, sulfate, sulfonate, sulfamoyl, sulfoxide, sulfonamido, sulfonyl, heterocyclyl, aralkyl, or an aromatic or heteroaromatic moiety.
  • carbonyl such as a carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, formyl, or an acyl
  • thiocarbonyl such as a thio
  • lower alkyl as used herein means an alkyl group, as defined above, but having from one to ten carbons, more preferably from one to six carbon atoms in its backbone structure. Likewise, “lower alkenyl” and “lower alkynyl” have similar chain lengths. Throughout the application, preferred alkyl groups are lower alkyls. In preferred embodiments, a substituent designated herein as alkyl is a lower alkyl.
  • Alkyl includes one or more substitutions at one or more carbon atoms of the hydrocarbon radical as well as heteroalkyls. Suitable substituents include, but are not limited to, halogens, such as fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine; hydroxyl; —NRR′, wherein R and R′ are independently hydrogen, alkyl, or aryl, and wherein the nitrogen atom is optionally quaternized; —SR, wherein R is hydrogen, alkyl, or aryl; —CN; —NO 2 ; —COOH; carboxylate; —COR, —COOR, or —CON(R) 2 , wherein R is hydrogen, alkyl, or aryl; azide, aralkyl, alkoxyl, imino, phosphonate, phosphinate, silyl, ether, sulfonyl, sulfonamido, heterocyclyl, aromatic or heteroaromatic moieties,
  • the moieties substituted on the hydrocarbon chain can themselves be substituted, if appropriate.
  • the substituents of a substituted alkyl may include halogen, hydroxy, nitro, thiols, amino, azido, imino, amido, phosphoryl (including phosphonate and phosphinate), sulfonyl (including sulfate, sulfonamido, sulfamoyl, sulfoxide, and sulfonate), and silyl groups, as well as ethers, alkylthios, carbonyls (including ketones, aldehydes, carboxylates, and esters), haloalkyls, —CN and the like. Cycloalkyls can be substituted in the same manner.
  • alkenyl and alkynyl refer to unsaturated aliphatic groups analogous in length and possible substitution to the alkyls described above, but that contain at least one double or triple bond, respectively.
  • substituted alkenyl refers to alkenyl moieties having one or more substituents replacing one or more hydrogen atoms on one or more carbons of the hydrocarbon backbone.
  • substituents include, but are not limited to, halogen, azide, alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, carbonyl (such as a carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, formyl, or an acyl), silyl, ether, ester, thiocarbonyl (such as a thioester, a thioacetate, or a thioformate), alkoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphate, phosphonate, phosphinate, amino (or quarternized amino), amido, amidine, imine, cyano, nitro, azido, sulfhydryl, alkylthio, sulfate, sulfonate,
  • substituted alkynyl refers to alkynyl moieties having one or more substituents replacing one or more hydrogen atoms on one or more carbons of the hydrocarbon backbone.
  • substituents include, but are not limited to, halogen, azide, alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, carbonyl (such as a carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, formyl, or an acyl), silyl, ether, ester, thiocarbonyl (such as a thioester, a thioacetate, or a thioformate), alkoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphate, phosphonate, phosphinate, amino (or quarternized amino), amido, amidine, imine, cyano, nitro, azido, sulfhydryl, alkylthio, sulfate, sulfonate
  • phenyl is art recognized, and refers to the aromatic moiety —C 6 H 5 , i.e., a benzene ring without one hydrogen atom.
  • substituted phenyl refers to a phenyl group, as defined above, having one or more substituents replacing one or more hydrogen atoms on one or more carbons of the phenyl ring.
  • substituents include, but are not limited to, halogen, azide, alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, carbonyl (such as a carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, formyl, or an acyl), silyl, ether, ester, thiocarbonyl (such as a thioester, a thioacetate, or a thioformate), alkoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphate, phosphonate, phosphinate, amino (or quarternized amino), amido, amidine, imine, cyano, nitro, azido, sulfhydryl, alkylthio, sulfate,
  • Amino and “Amine,” as used herein, are art-recognized and refer to both substituted and unsubstituted amines, e.g., a moiety that can be represented by the general formula:
  • R, R′, and R′′ each independently represent a hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted carbonyl, —(CH 2 ) m —R′′′, or R and R′ taken together with the N atom to which they are attached complete a heterocycle having from 3 to 14 atoms in the ring structure;
  • R′′′ represents a hydroxy group, substituted or unsubstituted carbonyl group, an aryl, a cycloalkyl ring, a cycloalkenyl ring, a heterocycle, or a polycycle; and
  • m is zero or an integer ranging from 1 to 8.
  • R and R′ can be a carbonyl, e.g., R and R′ together with the nitrogen do not form an imide.
  • R and R′ (and optionally R′′) each independently represent a hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, or —(CH 2 ) m —R′′′.
  • alkylamine refers to an amine group, as defined above, having a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl attached thereto (i.e. at least one of R, R′, or R′′ is an alkyl group).
  • Carbonyl as used herein, is art-recognized and includes such moieties as can be represented by the general formula:
  • R represents a hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkylaryl, substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, —(CH 2 ) m —R′′, or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt
  • R′ represents a hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclyl
  • X is oxygen and R is defines as above, the moiety is also referred to as a carboxyl group.
  • the formula represents a ‘carboxylic acid’.
  • the formula represents a ‘formate’.
  • the formula represents an “ester”.
  • the oxygen atom of the above formula is replaced by a sulfur atom, the formula represents a ‘thiocarbonyl’ group.
  • substituted carbonyl refers to a carbonyl, as defined above, wherein one or more hydrogen atoms in R, R′ or a group to which the moiety
  • substituents include, but are not limited to, halogen, azide, alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, carbonyl (such as a carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, formyl, or an acyl), silyl, ether, ester, thiocarbonyl (such as a thioester, a thioacetate, or a thioformate), alkoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphate, phosphonate, phosphinate, amino (or quarternized amino), amido, amidine, imine, cyano, nitro, azido, sulfhydryl, alkylthio, sulfate, sulfonate, sulfamoyl, sulfoxide, sulfonamido, sulfonyl, heterocyclyl, alkylaryl, halogen, azide, alkyl
  • R iv is an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, alkylaryl, arylalkyl, aryl, or heteroaryl.
  • a straight chain or branched chain alkyl, alkenyl, and alkynyl have 30 or fewer carbon atoms in its backbone (e.g., C 1 -C 30 for straight chain alkyl, C 3 -C 30 for branched chain alkyl, C 2 -C 30 for straight chain alkenyl and alkynyl, C 3 -C 30 for branched chain alkenyl and alkynyl), preferably 20 or fewer, more preferably 15 or fewer, most preferably 10 or fewer.
  • preferred cycloalkyls, heterocyclyls, aryls and heteroaryls have from 3-10 carbon atoms in their ring structure, and more preferably have 5, 6 or 7 carbons in the ring structure.
  • substituted carboxyl refers to a carboxyl, as defined above, wherein one or more hydrogen atoms in R iv are substituted.
  • substituents include, but are not limited to, halogen, azide, alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, carbonyl (such as a carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, formyl, or an acyl), silyl, ether, ester, thiocarbonyl (such as a thioester, a thioacetate, or a thioformate), alkoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphate, phosphonate, phosphinate, amino (or quarternized amino), amido, amidine, imine, cyano, nitro, azido, sulfhydryl, alkylthio, sulfate, sulfonate, sulfamoyl,
  • Heteroalkyl refers to straight or branched chain, or cyclic carbon-containing radicals, or combinations thereof, containing at least one heteroatom. Suitable heteroatoms include, but are not limited to, O, N, Si, P and S, wherein the nitrogen, phosphorous and sulfur atoms are optionally oxidized, and the nitrogen heteroatom is optionally quaternized.
  • saturated hydrocarbon radicals include, but are not limited to, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, t-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, cyclohexyl, (cyclohexyl)methyl, cyclopropylmethyl, and homologs and isomers of, for example, n-pentyl, n-hexyl, n-heptyl, n-octyl.
  • unsaturated alkyl groups include, but are not limited to, vinyl, 2-propenyl, crotyl, 2-isopentenyl, 2-(butadienyl), 2,4-pentadienyl, 3-(1,4-pentadienyl), ethynyl, 1- and 3-propynyl, and 3-butynyl.
  • alkoxyl or “alkoxy,” “aroxy” or “aryloxy,” generally describe compounds represented by the formula —OR v , wherein R v includes, but is not limited to, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocycloalkenyl, aryl, heteroaryl, arylalkyl, heteroalkyls, alkylaryl, alkylheteroaryl.
  • alkoxyl or “alkoxy” as used herein refer to an alkyl group, as defined above, having an oxygen radical attached thereto.
  • Representative alkoxyl groups include methoxy, ethoxy, propyloxy, tert-butoxy and the like.
  • An “ether” is two hydrocarbons covalently linked by an oxygen. Accordingly, the substituent of an alkyl that renders that alkyl an ether is or resembles an alkoxyl, such as can be represented by one of —O-alkyl, —O-alkenyl, and —O-alkynyl.
  • alkoxy also includes cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocycloalkenyl, and arylalkyl having an oxygen radical attached to at least one of the carbon atoms, as valency permits.
  • substituted alkoxy refers to an alkoxy group having one or more substituents replacing one or more hydrogen atoms on one or more carbons of the alkoxy backbone.
  • substituents include, but are not limited to, halogen, azide, alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, carbonyl (such as a carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, formyl, or an acyl), silyl, ether, ester, thiocarbonyl (such as a thioester, a thioacetate, or a thioformate), alkoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphate, phosphonate, phosphinate, amino (or quarternized amino), amido, amidine, imine, cyano, nitro, azido, sulfhydryl, alkylthio, sulfate, sulfonate, sul
  • phenoxy is art recognized, and refers to a compound of the formula —OR v wherein R v is (i.e., —O—C 6 H 5 ).
  • R v is (i.e., —O—C 6 H 5 ).
  • a phenoxy is a species of the aroxy genus.
  • substituted phenoxy refers to a phenoxy group, as defined above, having one or more substituents replacing one or more hydrogen atoms on one or more carbons of the phenyl ring.
  • substituents include, but are not limited to, halogen, azide, alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, carbonyl (such as a carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, formyl, or an acyl), silyl, ether, ester, thiocarbonyl (such as a thioester, a thioacetate, or a thioformate), alkoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphate, phosphonate, phosphinate, amino (or quarternized amino), amido, amidine, imine, cyano, nitro, azido, sulfhydryl, alkylthio, sulfate, sul
  • aromatic radicals are represented by —O-aryl or —O-heteroaryl, wherein aryl and heteroaryl are as defined herein.
  • substituted aroxy and “substituted aryloxy,” as used interchangeably herein, represent —O-aryl or —O-heteroaryl, having one or more substituents replacing one or more hydrogen atoms on one or more ring atoms of the aryl and heteroaryl, as defined herein.
  • substituents include, but are not limited to, halogen, azide, alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, carbonyl (such as a carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, formyl, or an acyl), silyl, ether, ester, thiocarbonyl (such as a thioester, a thioacetate, or a thioformate), alkoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphate, phosphonate, phosphinate, amino (or quarternized amino), amido, amidine, imine, cyano, nitro, azido, sulfhydryl, alkylthio, sulfate, sulfonate, sulfamoyl, sulfoxide, sulfonamido, sulfonyl, heterocyclyl, alkylaryl, haloalkyl, —CN
  • alkylthio refers to an alkyl group, as defined above, having a sulfur radical attached thereto.
  • the “alkylthio” moiety is represented by —S-alkyl.
  • Representative alkylthio groups include methylthio, ethylthio, and the like.
  • alkylthio also encompasses cycloalkyl groups having a sulfur radical attached thereto.
  • substituted alkylthio refers to an alkylthio group having one or more substituents replacing one or more hydrogen atoms on one or more carbon atoms of the alkylthio backbone.
  • substituents include, but are not limited to, halogen, azide, alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, carbonyl (such as a carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, formyl, or an acyl), silyl, ether, ester, thiocarbonyl (such as a thioester, a thioacetate, or a thioformate), alkoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphate, phosphonate, phosphinate, amino (or quarternized amino), amido, amidine, imine, cyano, nitro, azido, sulfhydryl, alkylthio, sulfate, s
  • phenylthio is art recognized, and refers to —S—C 6 H 5 , i.e., a phenyl group attached to a sulfur atom.
  • substituted phenylthio refers to a phenylthio group, as defined above, having one or more substituents replacing a hydrogen on one or more carbons of the phenyl ring.
  • substituents include, but are not limited to, halogen, azide, alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, carbonyl (such as a carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, formyl, or an acyl), silyl, ether, ester, thiocarbonyl (such as a thioester, a thioacetate, or a thioformate), alkoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphate, phosphonate, phosphinate, amino (or quarternized amino), amido, amidine, imine, cyano, nitro, azido, sulfhydryl, alkylthio, sulfate,
  • Arylthio refers to —S-aryl or —S-heteroaryl groups, wherein aryl and heteroaryl as defined herein.
  • substituted arylthio represents —S-aryl or —S-heteroaryl, having one or more substituents replacing a hydrogen atom on one or more ring atoms of the aryl and heteroaryl rings as defined herein.
  • substituents include, but are not limited to, halogen, azide, alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, carbonyl (such as a carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, formyl, or an acyl), silyl, ether, ester, thiocarbonyl (such as a thioester, a thioacetate, or a thioformate), alkoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphate, phosphonate, phosphinate, amino (or quarternized amino), amido, amidine, imine, cyano, nitro, azido, sulfhydryl, alkylthio, sulfate, sulfonate, sulfamoyl, sulfoxide, sulfonamido, sulfonyl, heterocyclyl, alkylaryl, haloalkyl, —CN
  • Arylalkyl refers to an alkyl group that is substituted with a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl group.
  • Alkylaryl refers to an aryl group (e.g., an aromatic or hetero aromatic group), substituted with a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group.
  • amide or “amido” are used interchangeably, refer to both “unsubstituted amido” and “substituted amido” and are represented by the general formula:
  • E is absent, or E is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclyl, wherein independently of E, R and R′ each independently represent a hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted carbonyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkylaryl, substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl,
  • R and R′ can be a carbonyl, e.g., R and R′ together with the nitrogen do not form an imide.
  • R and R′ each independently represent a hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, or —(CH 2 ) m —R′.
  • E oxygen
  • a carbamate is formed. The carbamate cannot be attached to another chemical species, such as to form an oxygen-oxygen bond, or other unstable bonds, as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art.
  • E is absent, or E is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, alkylaryl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, heterocyclyl, wherein independently of E, R represents a hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted amine, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkylaryl, substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, —(CH 2 ) m —R′′′, or E and R taken together with the S atom to which they are attached complete a heterocycle having from 3 to 14 atoms in the atom
  • substituted sulfonyl represents a sulfonyl in which E, R, or both, are independently substituted.
  • substituents include, but are not limited to, halogen, azide, alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, carbonyl (such as a carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, formyl, or an acyl), silyl, ether, ester, thiocarbonyl (such as a thioester, a thioacetate, or a thioformate), alkoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphate, phosphonate, phosphinate, amino (or quarternized amino), amido, amidine, imine, cyano, nitro, azido, sulfhydryl, alkylthio, sulfate, sulfonate, sulfamoyl, sulfamoyl
  • sulfonic acid refers to a sulfonyl, as defined above, wherein R is hydroxyl, and E is absent, or E is substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkylaryl, substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl.
  • sulfate refers to a sulfonyl, as defined above, wherein E is absent, oxygen, alkoxy, aroxy, substituted alkoxy or substituted aroxy, as defined above, and R is independently hydroxyl, alkoxy, aroxy, substituted alkoxy or substituted aroxy, as defined above.
  • E oxygen
  • the sulfate cannot be attached to another chemical species, such as to form an oxygen-oxygen bond, or other unstable bonds, as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art.
  • sulfonate refers to a sulfonyl, as defined above, wherein E is oxygen, alkoxy, aroxy, substituted alkoxy or substituted aroxy, as defined above, and R is independently hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted amine, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkylaryl, substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, —(CH 2 ) m —R′′′, R′′′ represents a hydroxy group, substituted or unsubstituted carbonyl group, an aryl, a cycloalkyl ring
  • sulfamoyl refers to a sulfonamide or sulfonamide represented by the formula
  • E is absent, or E is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkylaryl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclyl, wherein independently of E, R and R′ each independently represent a hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted carbonyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkylaryl, substituted or
  • E is absent, or E is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aralkyl, alkylaryl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, heterocyclyl, wherein independently of E, R represents a hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted amine, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkylaryl, substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, —(CH 2 ) m —R′′′, or E and R taken together with the S atom to which they are attached complete a heterocycle having from 3 to 14 atoms in the atom
  • E is absent, or E is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkylaryl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclyl, wherein, independently of E, R vi and R vii are independently hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted carbonyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkylaryl, substituted or
  • substituted phosphonyl represents a phosphonyl in which E, R vi and R vii are independently substituted.
  • substituents include, but are not limited to, halogen, azide, alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, carbonyl (such as a carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, formyl, or an acyl), silyl, ether, ester, thiocarbonyl (such as a thioester, a thioacetate, or a thioformate), alkoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphate, phosphonate, phosphinate, amino (or quarternized amino), amido, amidine, imine, cyano, nitro, azido, sulfhydryl, alkylthio, sulfate, sulfonate, sulfamoyl, sulfoxide,
  • phosphoryl defines a phoshonyl in which E is absent, oxygen, alkoxy, aroxy, substituted alkoxy or substituted aroxy, as defined above, and independently of E, R v and R vii are independently hydroxyl, alkoxy, aroxy, substituted alkoxy or substituted aroxy, as defined above.
  • E oxygen
  • the phosphoryl cannot be attached to another chemical species, such as to form an oxygen-oxygen bond, or other unstable bonds, as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art.
  • the substituents include, but are not limited to, halogen, azide, alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, carbonyl (such as a carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, formyl, or an acyl), silyl, ether, ester, thiocarbonyl (such as a thioester, a thioacetate, or a thioformate), alkoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphate, phosphonate, phosphinate, amino (or quarternized amino), amido, amidine, imine, cyano, nitro, azido, sulfhydryl, alkylthio, sulfate, sulfonate, sulfamoyl, sulfoxide, sulfonamido, sulfonyl, heterocyclyl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl
  • polyaryl refers to a chemical moiety that includes two or more aryls, heteroaryls, and combinations thereof.
  • the aryls, heteroaryls, and combinations thereof, are fused, or linked via a single bond, ether, ester, carbonyl, amide, sulfonyl, sulfonamide, alkyl, azo, and combinations thereof.
  • substituted polyaryl refers to a polyaryl in which one or more of the aryls, heteroaryls are substituted, with one or more substituents including, but not limited to, halogen, azide, alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, carbonyl (such as a carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, formyl, or an acyl), silyl, ether, ester, thiocarbonyl (such as a thioester, a thioacetate, or a thioformate), alkoxyl, phosphoryl, phosphate, phosphonate, phosphinate, amino (or quarternized amino), amido, amidine, imine, cyano, nitro, azido, sulfhydryl, alkylthio, sulfate, sulfonate, sulfamoyl,
  • C 3 -C 20 cyclic refers to a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkynyl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclyl that have from three to 20 carbon atoms, as geometric constraints permit.
  • the cyclic structures are formed from single or fused ring systems.
  • the substituted cycloalkyls, cycloalkenyls, cycloalkynyls and heterocyclyls are substituted as defined above for the alkyls, alkenyls, alkynyls and heterocyclyls, respectively.
  • hydroxyl and “hydroxy” are used interchangeably and are represented by —OH.
  • thiol and “sulfhydryl” are used interchangeably and are represented by —SH.
  • oxo refers to ⁇ O bonded to a carbon atom.
  • cyano and “nitrile” are used interchangeably to refer to —CN.
  • nitro refers to —NO 2 .
  • phosphate refers to —O—PO 3 .
  • azide or “azido” are used interchangeably to refer to —N 3 .
  • substituted C 1 -C x alkyl refers to alkyl groups having from one to x carbon atoms, wherein at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 1 -C x alkyl refers to alkyl groups having from one to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • substituted C 1 -C x alkylene refers to alkylene groups having from one to x carbon atoms, wherein at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 1 -C x alkylene refers to alkylene groups having from one to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • alkylene refers to a moiety with the formula —(CH 2 ) a —, wherein “a” is an integer from one to ten.
  • substituted C 2 -C x alkenyl refers to alkenyl groups having from two to x carbon atoms, wherein at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from two to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 2 -C x alkenyl refers to alkenyl groups having from two to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from two to ten.
  • substituted C 2 -C x alkynyl refers to alkynyl groups having from two to x carbon atoms, wherein at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from two to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 2 -C x alkynyl refers to alkynyl groups having from two to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from two to ten.
  • substituted C 1 -C x alkoxy refers to alkoxy groups having from one to x carbon atoms, wherein at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 1 -C x alkoxy refers to alkoxy groups having from one to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • substituted C 1 -C x alkylamino refers to alkylamino groups having from one to x carbon atoms, wherein at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 1 -C x alkylamino refers to alkyl groups having from one to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • alkylamine and “alkylamino” are used interchangeably. In any alkylamino, where the nitrogen atom is substituted with one, two, or three substituents, the nitrogen atom can be referred to as a secondary, tertiary, or quartenary nitrogen atom, respectively.
  • substituted C 1 -C x alkylthio refers to alkylthio groups having from one to x carbon atoms, wherein at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 1 -C x alkylthio refers to alkylthio groups having from one to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • substituted C 1 -C x carbonyl refers to carbonyl groups having from one to x carbon atoms, wherein at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 1 -C x carbonyl refers to carbonyl groups having from one to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • substituted C 1 -C x carboxyl refers to carboxyl groups having from one to x carbon atoms, wherein at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 1 -C x carboxyl refers to carboxyl groups having from one to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • substituted C 1 -C x amido refers to amido groups having from one to x carbon atoms, wherein at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 1 -C x amido refers to amido groups having from one to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • substituted C 1 -C x sulfonyl refers to sulfonyl groups having from one to x carbon atoms, wherein at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 1 -C x sulfonyl refers to sulfonyl groups having from one to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • substituted C 1 -C x sulfonic acid refers to sulfonic acid groups having from one to x carbon atoms, wherein at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 1 -C x sulfonic acid refers to sulfonic acid groups having from one to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • substituted C 1 -C x sulfamoyl refers to sulfamoyl groups having from one to x carbon atoms, wherein at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 1 -C x sulfamoyl refers to sulfamoyl groups having from one to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • substituted C 1 -C x sulfoxide refers to sulfoxide groups having from one to x carbon atoms, wherein at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 1 -C x sulfoxide refers to sulfoxide groups having from one to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • substituted C 1 -C x phosphoryl refers to phosphoryl groups having from one to x carbon atoms, wherein at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 1 -C x phosphoryl refers to phosphoryl groups having from one to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • substituted C 1 -C x phosphonyl refers to phosphonyl groups having from one to x carbon atoms, wherein at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 1 -C x phosphonyl refers to phosphonyl groups having from one to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from one to ten.
  • substituted C 0 -C x sulfonyl refers to sulfonyl groups having from zero to x carbon atoms, wherein, if present, at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from zero to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 0 -C x sulfonyl refers to sulfonyl groups having from zero to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from zero to ten.
  • substituted C 0 -C x sulfonic acid refers to sulfonic acid groups having from zero to x carbon atoms, wherein, if present, at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from zero to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 0 -C x sulfonic acid refers to sulfonic acid groups having from zero to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from zero to ten.
  • substituted C 0 -C x sulfamoyl refers to sulfamoyl groups having from zero to x carbon atoms, wherein, if present, at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from zero to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 0 -C x sulfamoyl refers to sulfamoyl groups having from zero to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from zero to ten.
  • substituted C 0 -C x sulfoxide refers to sulfoxide groups having from zero to x carbon atoms, wherein at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from zero to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 0 -C x sulfoxide refers to sulfoxide groups having from zero to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from zero to ten.
  • substituted C 0 -C x phosphoryl refers to phosphoryl groups having from zero to x carbon atoms, wherein, if present, at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from zero to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 0 -C x phosphoryl refers to phosphoryl groups having from zero to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from zero to ten.
  • substituted C 0 -C x phosphonyl refers to phosphonyl groups having from zero to x carbon atoms, wherein, if present, at least one carbon atom is substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from zero to ten.
  • unsubstituted C 0 -C x phosphonyl refers to phosphonyl groups having from zero to x carbon atoms that are not substituted, wherein “x” is an integer from zero to ten.
  • C x alkyl refers to alkyl, alkylene, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy,” “C x alkylamino,” “C x alkylthio,” “C x carbonyl,” “C x carboxyl,” “C x amido,” “C x sulfonyl,” “C x sulfonic acid,” “C x sulfamoyl,” “C x phosphoryl,” and “C x phosphonyl” refer to alkyl, alkylene, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, alkylthio, carbonyl, carboxyl, amido, sulfonyl, sulfonic acid, sulfamoyl, sulfoxide, phosphoryl, and phosphonyl groups, respectively, having x carbon atoms, wherein at least one carbon atom is substitute
  • C x alkyl refers to alkyl, alkylene, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy,” “C x alkylamino”, “C x alkylthio,” “C x carbonyl,” “C x carboxyl,” “C x amido,” “C x sulfonyl,” “C x sulfonic acid,” “C x sulfamoyl,” “C x phosphoryl,” and “C x phosphonyl” refer to alkyl, alkylene, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, alkylthio, carbonyl, carboxyl, amido, sulfonyl, sulfonic acid, sulfamoyl, sulfoxide, phosphoryl, and phosphonyl groups, respectively, having x carbon atoms that are not substituted, where
  • C 0 sulfonyl C 0 sulfonic acid
  • C 0 sulfamoyl C 0 phosphoryl
  • C 0 phosphonyl refer to alkyl, alkylene, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, alkylthio, carbonyl, carboxyl, amido, sulfonyl, sulfonic acid, sulfamoyl, sulfoxide, phosphoryl, and phosphonyl groups, respectively, having zero carbon atoms that are not substituted.
  • Halogen refers to fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine.
  • U 1 represents the organic groups alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, phenoxy, substituted phenoxy, aroxy, substituted aroxy, alkylthio, substituted alkylthio, phenylthio, substituted phenylthio, arylthio, substituted arylthio, carbonyl, substituted carbonyl, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, polyaryl, substituted polyaryl, C 3 -C 20 cyclic, substituted C 3 -C 20 cyclic, heterocyclic, substituted heterocyclic, amino acid, poly(ethylene glycol), peptide, and polypeptide group.
  • U 2 represents the organic groups alkylamino, dialkylamino, hydroxy, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, phenoxy, substituted phenoxy, aroxy, substituted aroxy, alkylthio, substituted alkylthio, phenylthio, substituted phenylthio, arylthio, substituted arylthio, carbonyl, substituted carbonyl, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, polyaryl, substituted polyaryl, C 3 -C 20 cyclic, substituted C 3 -C 20 cyclic, heterocyclic, substituted heterocyclic, amino acid, poly(ethylene glycol), peptide,
  • U 3 represents the organic groups alkylamino, dialkylamino, hydroxy, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, phenoxy, substituted phenoxy, aroxy, substituted aroxy, alkylthio, substituted alkylthio, phenylthio, substituted phenylthio, arylthio, substituted arylthio, carbonyl, substituted carbonyl, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, polyaryl, substituted polyaryl, C 3 -C 20 cyclic, substituted C 3 -C 20 cyclic, heterocyclic, substituted heterocyclic, amino acid, poly(ethylene glycol), peptide, and polypeptide
  • U 4 represents the organic groups alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, amino, substituted amino, amido, substituted amido, C 3 -C 20 cyclic, substituted C 3 -C 20 cyclic, heterocyclic, and substituted heterocyclic.
  • Q 1 represents the organic groups arylalkyl and substituted arylalkyl.
  • Q 2 represents the organic groups sulfonyl, substituted sulfonyl, sulfonic acid, phosphoryl, substituted phosphoryl, phosphonyl, and substituted phosphonyl.
  • Q 3 represents the organic group poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid).
  • Q 4 represents the organic groups phenyl and substituted phenyl.
  • Q 5 represents the organic groups alkylamino, dialkylamino, and hydroxy.
  • Q 6 represents the organic groups aroxy, substituted aroxy, carbonyl, substituted carbonyl, and poly(ethylene glycol).
  • Q 7 represents the organic groups alkylthio, substituted alkylthio, arylthio, substituted arylthio, phenoxy, substituted phenoxy, phenylthio, substituted phenylthio, polyaryl, and substituted polyaryl.
  • Q 8 represents the organic groups amino acid, peptide, and polypeptide group.
  • groups Q 1 , Q 2 , Q 3 , or any combination thereof can be used along with any one of U 1 , U 2 , and U 3 .
  • U 1 can be combined with Q 1 , with Q 2 , with Q 3 , with Q 1 and Q 2 , with Q 1 and Q 3 , with Q 2 and Q 3 , and with Q 1 , Q 2 , and Q 3 .
  • Such combinations can be referred to as U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , and U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , respectively.
  • U 2 can be combined with Q 1 , with Q 2 , with Q 3 , with Q 1 and Q 2 , with Q 1 and Q 3 , with Q 2 and Q 3 , and with Q 1 , Q 2 , and Q 3 .
  • Such combinations can be referred to as U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , and U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , respectively.
  • U 3 can be combined with Q 1 , with Q 2 , with Q 3 , with Q 1 and Q 2 , with Q 1 and Q 3 , with Q 2 and Q 3 , and with Q 1 , Q 2 , and Q 3 .
  • Such combinations can be referred to as U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , and U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , respectively.
  • groups Q 1 , Q 2 , Q 3 , Q 5 , or any combination thereof, can be used along with U 1 .
  • U 1 can be combined with Q 1 , with Q 2 , with Q 3 , with Q 5 , with Q 1 and Q 2 , with Q 1 and Q 3 , with Q 1 and Q 5 , with Q 2 and Q 3 , with Q 2 and Q 5 , with Q 3 and Q 5 , with Q 1 , Q 2 , and Q 3 , with Q 1 , Q 2 , and Q 5 , with Q 1 , Q 3 , and Q 5 , with Q 2 , Q 3 , and Q 5 , and with Q 1 , Q 2 , Q 3 , and Q 5 , and with Q 1 , Q 2 , Q 3 , and Q 5 .
  • Such combinations can be referred to as U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 5 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 5 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 5 , U 1 +Q 3 +Q 5 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 5 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 +Q 5 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 +Q 5 , respectively.
  • groups Q 1 , Q 2 , Q 3 , Q 4 , Q 5 , Q 6 , Q 7 , Q 8 or any combination thereof, can be used along with U 4 .
  • U 4 can be combined with Q 1 , with Q 2 , with Q 3 , with Q 4 , with Q 5 , with Q 6 , with Q 7 , with Q 5 , with Q 1 +Q 2 , with Q 1 +Q 3 , with Q 1 +Q 4 , with Q 1 +Q 5 , with Q 1 +Q 6 , with Q 1 +Q 7 , with Q 1 +Q 5 , with Q 2 +Q 3 , with Q 2 +Q 4 , with Q 2 +Q 5 , with Q 2 +Q 6 , with Q 2 +Q 7 , with Q 2 +Q 8 , with Q 3 +Q 4 , with Q 3 +Q 5 , with Q 3 +Q 6 , with Q 3 +Q 7 , with Q 3 +Q 8 , with Q 3 +Q 4 , with Q 3 +Q 5 , with Q
  • Such combinations can be referred to as U 4 +Q 1 , U 4 +Q 2 , U 4 +Q 3 , U 4 +Q 4 , U 4 +Q 5 , U 4 +Q 6 , U 4 +Q 7 , U 4 +Q 8 , U 4 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 4 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 4 +Q 1 +Q 4 , U 4 +Q 1 +Q 5 , U 4 +Q 1 +Q 6 , U 4 +Q 1 +Q 7 , U 4 +Q 1 +Q 8 , U 4 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 4 +Q 2 +Q 4 , U 4 +Q 2 +Q 5 , U 4 +Q 2 +Q 6 , U 4 +Q 2 +Q 7 , U 4 +Q 2 +Q 8 , U 4 +Q 3 +Q 4 , U 4 +Q 3 +Q 4 , U 4 +Q 3 +Q 4 , U 4 +Q 3 +Q 5 , U 4 +Q 3 +Q 6 , U 4 +Q 3 +Q 8 ,
  • J 1 represents the organic groups substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 10 alkyl, C 1 -C 10 alkylene, C 2 -C 10 alkenyl, C 2 -C 10 alkynyl, C 1 -C 10 alkoxy, C 1 -C 10 alkylamino, C 1 -C 10 alkylthio, C 1 -C 10 carbonyl, C 1 -C 10 carboxyl, C 1 -C 10 amido, C 1 -C 10 sulfonyl, C 1 -C 10 sulfonic acid, C 1 -C 10 sulfamoyl, C 1 -C 10 sulfoxide, C 1 -C 10 phosphoryl, C 1 -C 10 phosphonyl, C 1 -C 9 alkyl, C 1 -C 9 alkylene, C 2 -C 9 alkenyl, C 2 -C 9 alkynyl, C 1 -C 9 alkoxy,
  • J 1 represents the organic groups substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 10 alkyl, C 1 -C 10 alkylene, C 2 -C 10 alkenyl, C 2 -C 10 alkynyl, C 1 -C 10 alkoxy, C 1 -C 10 alkylamino, C 1 -C 10 alkylthio, C 1 -C 9 alkyl, C 1 -C 9 alkylene, C 2 -C 9 alkenyl, C 2 -C 9 alkynyl, C 1 -C 9 alkoxy, C 1 -C 9 alkylamino, C 1 -C 9 alkylthio, C 1 -C 5 alkyl, C 1 -C 5 alkylene, C 2 -C 8 alkenyl, C 2 -C 8 alkynyl, C 1 -C 8 alkoxy, C 1 -C 8 alkylamino, C 1 -C 8 alkylthio, C 1 -
  • the surface(s) and face(s) of the product to be modified can be those that, when the device is administered to (e.g., implanted in) a subject, would be in contact with fluid, cells, or other components of the subjects body.
  • the compounds are represented by the general formula:
  • X is oxygen, sulfur, NR 2 , or another group compatible with attachment or coupling of the compound to a product or surface;
  • R 1 is hydrogen, or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, preferably 1-30 carbon atoms, more preferably 1-20 carbon atoms, more preferably 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative R 1 organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 2 is hydrogen or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative R 2 organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • X is preferably oxygen, sulfur, or NR 2 .
  • R 1 is, independently in one or more sites of chemical modification
  • A is hydrogen or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 );
  • B, and C are, independently, absent, hydrogen, or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • is an integer from, as valency permits, 0 to 30.
  • X is preferably oxygen, sulfur, or NR 2 .
  • R 1 is, independently in one or more sites of chemical modification
  • R 3 is hydrogen or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative R 3 organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R b is absent, hydrogen, or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative R b organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R b , A, B, and C can be, independently, absent, hydrogen, or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R b , A, B, and C organic groupings being those present in U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 5 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 5 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 5 , U 1 +Q 3 +Q 5 , U
  • R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R b , A, B, and C can be, independently, absent, hydrogen, or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R b , A, B, and C organic groupings being those present in U 4 , U 4 +Q 1 , U 4 +Q 2 , U 4 +Q 3 , U 4 +Q 4 , U 4 +Q 5 , U 4 +Q 6 , U 4 +Q 7
  • a and R 3 can be, independently, hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • B, C, and R b can be, independently, absent, hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • a and R 3 can be, independently, hydrogen, amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or J 1 .
  • a and R 3 can be, independently, hydrogen, amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or J 2 .
  • B, C, and R b independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, B, C, and R b can be, independently, absent, hydrogen, amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or J 1 .
  • B, C, and R b independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, B, C, and R b can be, independently, absent, hydrogen, amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or J 2 .
  • a and R 3 can be, independently,
  • z is an integer from 0-11; wherein w is an integer from 0-9; wherein k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • R d are independently B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • X d are independently absent, O, or S;
  • R c is B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 );
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently B, C, absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently B, C, hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • B independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, B can be
  • z is an integer from 0-11; wherein w is an integer from 0-9; wherein k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • R d are independently C, R b , U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • X d are independently absent, O, or S;
  • R c is C, R b , absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 );
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently C, R b , absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently C, R b , hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • R b independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, R b can be
  • z is an integer from 0-11; wherein w is an integer from 0-9; wherein k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • R d are independently C, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • X d are independently absent, O, or S;
  • R c is C, absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 );
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently C, absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently C, hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • z is an integer from 0-11; wherein w is an integer from 0-9; wherein k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • R d are independently U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • X d are independently absent, O, or S;
  • R c is absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 );
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • a and R 3 can be, independently,
  • z is an integer from 0-11; wherein w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently B, C, absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • B independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, B can be
  • z is an integer from 0-11; wherein w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently C, R b , U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently C, R b , absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • R b independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, R b can be
  • z is an integer from 0-11; wherein w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently C, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently C, absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • z is an integer from 0-11; wherein w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • a and R 3 can be, independently,
  • w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently B, C, absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • B independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, B can be
  • w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently C, R b , U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently C, R b , absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • R b independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, R b can be
  • w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently C, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently C, absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are independently C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • a and R 3 can be, independently,
  • w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are independently C or N, wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, wherein one, two, three, or four of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are N and the others are C, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently B, C, absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • B independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, B can be
  • w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently C, R b , U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are independently C or N, wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, wherein one, two, three, or four of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are N and the others are C, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently C, R b , absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • R b independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, R b can be
  • w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently C, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are independently C or N, wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, wherein one, two, three, or four of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are N and the others are C, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently C, absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • w is an integer from 0-9;
  • R d are independently U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are independently C or N, wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, wherein one, two, three, or four of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are N and the others are C, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 are independently absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein R 20 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • a and R 3 can be, independently,
  • k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • X d are independently absent, O, or S;
  • R c is B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently B, C, R b , hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • B independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, B can be
  • k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • X d are independently absent, O, or S;
  • R c is C, R b , absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently C, R b , hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • R b independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, R b can be
  • k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • X d are independently absent, O, or S;
  • R c is C, absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently C, hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • X d are independently absent, O, or S;
  • R c is absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • a and R 3 can be, independently,
  • k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • X d are independently O or S;
  • R c is B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently B, C, R b , hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • B independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, B can be
  • k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • X d are independently O or S;
  • R is C, R b , absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently C, R b , hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • R b independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, R b can be
  • k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • X d are independently O or S;
  • R c is C, absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently C, hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • k is an integer from 0 to 20;
  • X d are independently O or S;
  • R c is absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • a and R 3 can be, independently,
  • k is an integer from 1 to 20;
  • R c is B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently B, C, R b , hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • B independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, B can be
  • k is an integer from 1 to 20;
  • R c is C, R b , absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently C, R b , hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • R b independently in combination with any embodiments of any other relevant substituent classes, R b can be
  • k is an integer from 1 to 20;
  • R c is C, absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently C, hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • k is an integer from 1 to 20;
  • R c is absent, hydrogen, U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 are independently hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • A is N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-phenyl
  • each k is, independently, an integer from 0 to 20;
  • R c is B
  • each X d is, independently, absent, O, or S;
  • each R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 is, independently, hydrogen, amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or J 1 ;
  • each X d is O; and each R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 is, independently, hydrogen, C 1 -C 3 alkyl, C 1 -C 3 alkylene, C 2 -C 3 alkenyl, C 2 -C 3 alkynyl, C 1 -C 3 alkoxy, C 1 -C 3 alkylamino, C 1 -C 3 alkylthio;
  • each X d is O; and each R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 is hydrogen; and
  • A is —CH 2 —CH 2 —(O—CH 2 —CH 2 ) 3 —;
  • B and C are, independently, absent, hydrogen, or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • B is
  • each w is, independently, an integer from 0-9;
  • R d is C
  • each R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 is, independently, C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 16 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency;
  • w is 1, 2, 3, or 4; and none, one, two, three, four, or five of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are N, none, one, two, three, four, or five of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 is O, and the others are C;
  • w is 1 or 2; and one, two, or three of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are N, none or one of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 is O, and the others are C;
  • w is 1 or 2; and three of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are N, none of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 is O, and the others are C; and
  • R 4 is hydrogen and R 5 is C;
  • A is hydrogen or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • each C is, independently, absent, hydrogen, or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • C is
  • z is an integer from 0-11;
  • each R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 is, independently, C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency;
  • each R 18 is, independently, absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —, or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein each p and q is, independently, an integer from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein each R 20 is, independently, J 2 ;
  • each R d is, independently, J 1 ;
  • each R 18 is, independently, absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —, or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein each p is, independently, 0, 1, 2, or 3, each q is, independently, 0, 1, or 2, and X b is O; and R d is, independently, C 1 -C 2 carbonyl, C 1 -C 2 carboxyl, C 1 -C 2 amino, C 1 -C 2 amido, C 1 -C 2 sulfon
  • each R 18 is, independently, absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —, or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein each p is, independently, 0 or 1, each q is, independently, 0 or 1, and X b is O; and R d is, independently, C 1 carbonyl, C 1 carboxyl, C 1 amino, C 1 amido, C 1 sulfonyl, C 1 sulfonic acid, C 2 phosphoryl, or C 2 phosphonyl; and
  • each R 18 is, independently, absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —, or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein each p is, independently, 0 or 1, each q is, independently, 0 or 1, and X b is O; and R d is, independently, C 1 carbonyl, C 1 carboxyl, C 1 amino, or C 1 sulfonyl; and
  • A is hydrogen or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • B is absent, hydrogen, or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ).
  • each R 4 , R 5 , and C are, independently,
  • each z is, independently, an integer from 0-11; wherein each w is, independently, an integer from 0-9; wherein each k is, independently, an integer from 0 to 20;
  • R c is B
  • R c and R d are C
  • each X d is, independently, absent, O, or S;
  • each R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 is, independently, C, O, N, S, S(O), or S(O) 2 , wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • each R 18 is, independently, absent, —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —, or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein each p and q is, independently, an integer from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, or NR 20 , wherein each R 19 is, as valency permits, independently absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, or —NR 20 , wherein each R 20 is, independently, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • each R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 is, independently, hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • each R 20 is, independently, J 2 .
  • each R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 is, independently, hydrogen, amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or J 1 .
  • none, one, two, three, four, five, or six of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are N, none, one, two, three, four, five, or six of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 is O, and the others are C.
  • none, one, two, three, four, or five of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are N, none, one, two, three, four, or five of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 is O, and the others are C.
  • none, one, two, or three of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are N, none, one, two, or three of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 is O, and the others are C.
  • in B three of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 are N, none of R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 is O, and the others are C.
  • R 3 and A are —CH 2 —Ar— or —CH 2 —CH 2 —(O—CH 2 —CH 2 ) 3 —;
  • R 2 is hydrogen;
  • R 4 and C are hydrogen, methyl, or —CH 2 —OH; and
  • R 5 and C are methyl, —COCH 3 , —CH 2 —N(CH 2 —CH 3 ) 2 ,
  • R 4 is hydrogen; and R 5 and C are
  • R 4 is hydrogen; and R 5 and C are
  • R 5 and C are methyl, —COCH 3 , or —CH 2 —N(CH 2 —CH 3 ) 2 .
  • X is oxygen or NR 2 , wherein R 2 is hydrogen, methyl, or —CH 2 —CH 3 ; and R 1 is —CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —OH, —CH 2 —CH 2 —(O—CH 2 —CH 2 ) n —O—CH 3 , —CH 2 —CH 2 —O—CH 2 —CH 2 —OH, —(CH 2 —CH 2 ) 3 —NH—CH 3 ,
  • n is an integer from 3 to 16.
  • R c can be B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or J 1 .
  • R c can be B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or J 2 .
  • R c can be B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 5 alkyl, C 1 -C 5 alkylene, C 2 -C 5 alkenyl, C 2 -C 5 alkynyl, C 1 -C 5 alkoxy, C 1 -C 5 alkylamino, C 1 -C 5 alkylthio, C 1 -C 5 carbonyl, C 1 -C 5 carboxyl, C 1 -C 8 amido, C 1 -C 8 sulfonyl, C 1 -C 5 sulfonic acid, C 1 -C 5 sulfamoyl, C 1 -C 5 sulfoxide, C 1 -C 5 phosphoryl, C 1
  • R c can be B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 5 alkyl, C 1 -C 5 alkylene, C 2 -C 5 alkenyl, C 2 -C 5 alkynyl, C 1 -C 5 alkoxy, C 1 -C 5 alkylamino, C 1 -C 5 alkylthio, C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 1 -C 4 alkylene, C 2 -C 4 alkenyl, C 2 -C 4 alkynyl, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, C 1 -C 4 alkylamino, C 1 -C 4 alkylthio, C 1 -C 3 alkyl, C 1 -C 3 alkyl, C 1 -C 3 alkyl, C 1 -C 3 alkyl, C 1 -C
  • R c can be B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 1 -C 4 alkylene, C 2 -C 4 alkenyl, C 2 -C 4 alkynyl, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, C 1 -C 4 alkylamino, C 1 -C 4 alkylthio, C 1 -C 4 carbonyl, C 1 -C 4 carboxyl, C 1 -C 4 amino, C 1 -C 4 amido, C 1 -C 4 sulfonyl, C 1 -C 4 sulfonic acid, C 1 -C 4 sulfamoyl, C 1 -C 4 sulfoxide, C 1 -
  • R c can be B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 1 -C 4 alkylene, C 2 -C 4 alkenyl, C 2 -C 4 alkynyl, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, C 1 -C 4 alkylamino, C 1 -C 4 alkylthio, C 1 -C 3 alkyl, C 1 -C 3 alkylene, C 2 -C 3 alkenyl, C 2 -C 3 alkynyl, C 1 -C 3 alkoxy, C 1 -C 3 alkylamino, C 1 -C 3 alkylthio, C 1 -C 2 alkyl, C 1 -C 2 alkyl, C 1 -C 2 alky
  • R c can be B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 3 alkyl, C 1 -C 3 alkylene, C 2 -C 3 alkenyl, C 2 -C 3 alkynyl, C 1 -C 3 alkoxy, C 1 -C 3 alkylamino, C 1 -C 3 alkylthio, C 1 -C 3 carbonyl, C 1 -C 3 carboxyl, C 1 -C 3 amino, C 1 -C 3 amido, C 1 -C 3 sulfonyl, C 1 -C 3 sulfonic acid, C 1 -C 3 sulfamoyl, C 1 -C 3 sulfoxide, C 1 -
  • R c can be B, C, —B(—C) ⁇ , R b , amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 3 alkyl, C 1 -C 3 alkylene, C 2 -C 3 alkenyl, C 2 -C 3 alkynyl, C 1 -C 3 alkoxy, C 1 -C 3 alkylamino, C 1 -C 3 alkylthio, C 1 -C 2 alkyl, C 1 -C 2 alkylene, C 1 -C 2 alkoxy, C 1 -C 2 alkylamino, C 1 -C 2 alkylthio, C 10 alkyl, C 10 alkylene, C 10 alkenyl, C 10 alkynyl, C 10 alkoxy, C 10 alkylamino,
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 can be, independently, R b , hydrogen, amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or J 1 .
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 can be, independently, R b , hydrogen, amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or J 2 .
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 can be, independently, R b , hydrogen, amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 5 alkyl, C 1 -C 5 alkylene, C 2 -C 5 alkenyl, C 2 -C 5 alkynyl, C 1 -C 5 alkoxy, C 1 -C 5 alkylamino, C 1 -C 5 alkylthio, C 1 -C 5 carbonyl, C 1 -C 5 carboxyl, C 1 -C 8 amido, C 1 -C 8 sulfonyl, C 1 -C 5
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 can be, independently, R b , hydrogen, amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 5 alkyl, C 1 -C 5 alkylene, C 2 -C 5 alkenyl, C 2 -C 5 alkynyl, C 1 -C 5 alkoxy, C 1 -C 5 alkylamino, C 1 -C 5 alkylthio, C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 1 -C 4 alkylene, C 2 -C 4 alkenyl, C 2 -C 4 alkynyl, C 1 -C 4
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 can be, independently, R b , hydrogen, amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 1 -C 4 alkylene, C 2 -C 4 alkenyl, C 2 -C 4 alkynyl, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, C 1 -C 4 alkylamino, C 1 -C 4 alkylthio, C 1 -C 4 carbonyl, C 1 -C 4 carboxyl, C 1 -C 4 amino, C 1 -C 4 amido, C 1 -C 4 sulfony
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 can be, independently, R b , hydrogen, amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 1 -C 4 alkylene, C 2 -C 4 alkenyl, C 2 -C 4 alkynyl, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, C 1 -C 4 alkylamino, C 1 -C 4 alkylthio, C 1 -C 3 alkyl, C 1 -C 3 alkylene, C 2 -C 3 alkenyl, C 2 -C 3 alkynyl, C 1 -C 3
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 can be, independently, R b , hydrogen, amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 3 alkyl, C 1 -C 3 alkylene, C 2 -C 3 alkenyl, C 2 -C 3 alkynyl, C 1 -C 3 alkoxy, C 1 -C 3 alkylamino, C 1 -C 3 alkylthio, C 1 -C 3 carbonyl, C 1 -C 3 carboxyl, C 1 -C 3 amino, C 1 -C 3 amido, C 1 -C 3 sulfony
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , and R 28 can be, independently, R b , hydrogen, amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 3 alkyl, C 1 -C 3 alkylene, C 2 -C 3 alkenyl, C 2 -C 3 alkynyl, C 1 -C 3 alkoxy, C 1 -C 3 alkylamino, C 1 -C 3 alkylthio, C 1 -C 2 alkyl, C 1 -C 2 alkylene, C 1 -C 2 alkoxy, C 1 -C 2 alkylamino, C 1 -C 2 al
  • 6 can be an integer from 1 to 30, 2 to 30, 3 to 30, 4 to 30, 5 to 30, 6 to 30, 7 to 30, 8 to 30, 9 to 30, 10 to 30, 11 to 30, 12 to 30, 13 to 30, 14 to 30, 15 to 30, 16 to 30, 17 to 30, 18 to 30, 19 to 30, 20 to 30, 21 to 30, 22 to 30, 23 to 30, 24 to 30, 25 to 30, 26 to 30, 27 to 30, 28 to 30, 29 to 30, 1 to 29, 2 to 29, 3 to 29, 4 to 29, 5 to 29, 6 to 29, 7 to 29, 8 to 29, 9 to 29, 10 to 29, 11 to 29, 12 to 29, 13 to 29, 14 to 29, 15 to 29, 16 to 29, 17 to 29, 18 to 29, 19 to 29, 20 to 29, 21 to 29, 22 to 29, 23 to 29, 24 to 29, 25 to 29, 26 to 29, 27 to 29, 28 to 29, 1 to 29, 26 to 29, 27 to 29, 28 to 29, 1 to 29, 26 to 29, 27 to 29, 28 to 29, 1 to 29, 26 to 29, 27 to 29, 28 to 29, 1 to 29, 26 to 29, 27 to 29, 28 to 29, 1 to 29, 26 to 29, 27 to 29, 28 to 29, 1 to 29, 26 to 29, 27 to 29, 28 to 29, 1 to 29, 26 to
  • 6 can be an integer from 1 to 10, 2 to 10, 3 to 10, 4 to 10, 5 to 10, 6 to 10, 7 to 10, 8 to 10, 9 to 10, 1 to 9, 2 to 9, 3 to 9, 4 to 9, 5 to 9, 6 to 9, 7 to 9, 8 to 9, 1 to 8, 2 to 8, 3 to 8, 4 to 8, 5 to 8, 6 to 8, 7 to 8, 1 to 7, 2 to 7, 3 to 7, 4 to 7, 5 to 7, 6 to 7, 1 to 6, 2 to 6, 3 to 6, 4 to 6, 5 to 6, 1 to 5, 2 to 5, 3 to 5, 4 to 5, 1 to 4, 2 to 4, 3 to 4, 1 to 3, 2 to 3, or 1 to 2.
  • can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10.
  • can be an integer from 1 to 5, 2 to 5, 3 to 5, 4 to 5, 1 to 4, 2 to 4, 3 to 4, 1 to 3, 2 to 3, or 1 to 2.
  • can be 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.
  • k can be an integer from 1 to 20, 2 to 20, 3 to 20, 4 to 20, 5 to 20, 6 to 20, 7 to 20, 8 to 20, 9 to 20, 10 to 20, 11 to 20, 12 to 20, 13 to 20, 14 to 20, 15 to 20, 16 to 20, 17 to 20, 18 to 20, 19 to 20, 1 to 19, 2 to 19, 3 to 19, 4 to 19, 5 to 19, 6 to 19, 7 to 19, 8 to 19, 9 to 19, 10 to 19, 11 to 19, 12 to 19, 13 to 19, 14 to 19, 15 to 19, 16 to 19, 17 to 19, 18 to 19, 1 to 18, 2 to 18, 3 to 18, 4 to 18, 5 to 18, 6 to 18, 7 to 18, 8 to 18, 9 to 18, 10 to 18, 11 to 18, 12 to 18, 13 to 18, 14 to 18, 15 to 18, 16 to 18, 17 to 18, 1 to 17, 2 to 17, 3 to 17, 4 to 17, 5 to 17, 6 to 17, 7 to 17, 8 to 17, 9 to 17, 10 to 17, 11 to 17, 12 to 17, 13 to 17, 14 to 17, 15 to 17, 16 to 17, 1 to 16, 2 to 16, 3 to 16, 4 to 16,
  • k can be an integer from 1 to 10, 2 to 10, 3 to 10, 4 to 10, 5 to 10, 6 to 10, 7 to 10, 8 to 10, 9 to 10, 1 to 9, 2 to 9, 3 to 9, 4 to 9, 5 to 9, 6 to 9, 7 to 9, 8 to 9, 1 to 8, 2 to 8, 3 to 8, 4 to 8, 5 to 8, 6 to 8, 7 to 8, 1 to 7, 2 to 7, 3 to 7, 4 to 7, 5 to 7, 6 to 7, 1 to 6, 2 to 6, 3 to 6, 4 to 6, 5 to 6, 1 to 5, 2 to 5, 3 to 5, 4 to 5, 1 to 4, 2 to 4, 3 to 4, 1 to 3, 2 to 3, or 1 to 2.
  • k can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10.
  • w can be an integer from 1 to 9, 2 to 9, 3 to 9, 4 to 9, 5 to 9, 6 to 9, 7 to 9, 8 to 9, 1 to 8, 2 to 8, 3 to 8, 4 to 8, 5 to 8, 6 to 8, 7 to 8, 1 to 7, 2 to 7, 3 to 7, 4 to 7, 5 to 7, 6 to 7, 1 to 6, 2 to 6, 3 to 6, 4 to 6, 5 to 6, 1 to 5, 2 to 5, 3 to 5, 4 to 5, 1 to 4, 2 to 4, 3 to 4, 1 to 3, 2 to 3, or 1 to 2.
  • w can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9.
  • w can be an integer from 1 to 5, 2 to 5, 3 to 5, 4 to 5, 1 to 4, 2 to 4, 3 to 4, 1 to 3, 2 to 3, or 1 to 2. In preferred embodiments, w is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.
  • z can be an integer from 1 to 11, 2 to 11, 3 to 11, 4 to 11, 5 to 11, 6 to 11, 7 to 11, 8 to 11, 9 to 11, 10 to 11, 1 to 10, 2 to 10, 3 to 10, 4 to 10, 5 to 10, 6 to 10, 7 to 10, 8 to 10, 9 to 10, 1 to 9, 2 to 9, 3 to 9, 4 to 9, 5 to 9, 6 to 9, 7 to 9, 8 to 9, 1 to 8, 2 to 8, 3 to 8, 4 to 8, 5 to 8, 6 to 8, 7 to 8, 1 to 7, 2 to 7, 3 to 7, 4 to 7, 5 to 7, 6 to 7, 1 to 6, 2 to 6, 3 to 6, 4 to 6, 5 to 6, 1 to 5, 2 to 5, 3 to 5, 4 to 5, 1 to 4, 2 to 4, 3 to 4, 1 to 3, 2 to 3, or 1 to 2.
  • z can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or 11.
  • z can be an integer from 1 to 5, 2 to 5, 3 to 5, 4 to 5, 1 to 4, 2 to 4, 3 to 4, 1 to 3, 2 to 3, or 1 to 2.
  • z can be 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.
  • p and q can be, independently, an integer from 1 to 5, 2 to 5, 3 to 5, 4 to 5, 1 to 4, 2 to 4, 3 to 4, 1 to 3, 2 to 3, or 1 to 2.
  • p and q can be, independently, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.
  • R 1 is, independently in one or more sites of chemical modification
  • a is an integer from 1 to 30, z is an integer from 0-5, n is an integer from 1 to 12, m is an integer from 3 to 16,
  • R a is independently selected from U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ), and
  • R 2 is hydrogen or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative R 2 organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 ); and
  • R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are, independently, hydrogen or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 ).
  • the surface or a surface of the product includes one or more covalent modifications defined by Formula I
  • X is oxygen, sulfur, NR 2 , or another group compatible with attachment or coupling of the compound to a product or surface;
  • R 1 is, independently in the one or more modified monomers
  • k is an integer from 1 to 10; wherein z is an integer from 0 to 5; wherein w is an integer from 0 to 4; wherein X d is absent, O or S;
  • R 21 , R 22 , R 23 , R 24 , R 25 , R 26 , R 27 , R 28 , R 31 , R 32 , and R 33 are independently hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 2 );
  • R 29 is C or Si
  • X g and R 30 are independently U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 2 ); and
  • R a and R c are independently U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic, heterocyclic ring or
  • R 4 , R 5 , or both are, independently, hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkoxy, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, hydroxy, alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkyl, substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl, carbonyl, substituted carbonyl, carbinol,
  • R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 10 , and R 11 are, independently, hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 );
  • R 6 , R 9 , R 10 , and R 11 are independently present or absent according to valency, and wherein the ring bonds are double or single according to valency;
  • R d and R e are each independently U 2 , U 2 +Q 1 , U 2 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 2 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , U 3 , U 3 +Q 1 , U 3 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 3 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 3 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 3 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 3 +Q 1 ); or together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a 3- to 8-membered unsubstituted or substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, or S, wherein the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and wherein R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 is independently —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, wherein p and q are independently integers from 0 to 5, wherein X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —SO 2 —, or NR 2 , wherein each R 19 is independently absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, —NR 2 , wherein R 2 is U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 );
  • R 4 , and R 5 are not both hydrogen; wherein at least one R b or R c is defined by Formula III;
  • R 2 is hydrogen or an organic grouping containing any number of carbon atoms, 1-30 carbon atoms, 1-20 carbon atoms, or 1-14 carbon atoms, and optionally including one or more heteroatoms such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen grouping in linear, branched, or cyclic structural formats, representative organic groupings being those present in U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 ).
  • X is preferably oxygen, sulfur, or NR 2 .
  • z in Formula VI is an integer from 0-3;
  • R d is independently amino, hydroxyl, thiol, oxo, phosphate, or substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, C 1 -C 6 alkylamino, or C 1 -C 6 alkylthio;
  • R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , and R 17 are independently C, O, N, or S, where the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double or single according to valency, and where R 12 to R 17 are bound to none, one, or two hydrogens according to valency; and
  • R 18 is independently —(CR 19 R 19 ) p — or —(CR 19 R 19 ) p —X b —(CR 19 R 19 ) q —, where p and q are independently integers from 0 to 3, where X b is absent, —O—, —S—, —SO 2 —, or NR 2 , where each R 19 is independently absent, hydrogen, ⁇ O, ⁇ S, —OH, —SH, —NR 2 , where R 2 is substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, C 1 -C 6 alkylamino, or C 1 -C 6 alkylthio.
  • z in Formula VI is 2, R 12 is N, R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , or R 17 is S, both R d are oxo and are bonded to the S, and all of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single.
  • z in Formula VI is 2, both R d are oxo and are bonded to R 15 , R 12 is N, R 15 is S, and all of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single.
  • z in Formula VI is 2, both R d are oxo and are bonded to R 15 , R 12 is N, R 15 is S, and all of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single, X b is absent, q is 0, p is 1, and each R 19 is hydrogen.
  • z in Formula VI is 1, R ed is amino, and three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double and three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single.
  • z in Formula VI is 1, R d is amino and is bonded to R 15 , and three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double and three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single.
  • z in Formula VI is 1, R d is amino and is bonded to R 15 , and three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double and three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single, X b is absent, p is 0 and q is 0.
  • z in Formula VI is 0, R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , or R 17 is O, and all of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single.
  • z in Formula VI is 0, R 13 is O, and all of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single.
  • z in Formula VI is 0, R 13 is O, all of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single, X b is oxygen, p is 1, q is 0 and each R 19 is hydrogen.
  • R 13 and R 17 of Formula VI are O and all of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single.
  • R 13 and R 17 of Formula VI are 0, the bonds between R 12 and R 13 , and between R 15 and R 16 are double bonds, and the rest of the bonds in the ring are single bonds.
  • z in Formula VI is 1, R d is alkoxy and is bonded to R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 15 , R 16 , or R 17 , three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double and three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single.
  • z in Formula VI is 1, R d is alkoxy and is bonded to R 13 , three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double and three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single.
  • z in Formula VI is 1, R d is methoxy, and is bonded to R 13 , R 12 to R 17 are carbon atoms, three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double and three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single, X b is absent, p is 0 and q is 0.
  • z in Formula VI is 1, R d is hydroxyl.
  • z in Formula VI is 1 and R d is hydroxyl bonded at the position para- to the methylene group.
  • R d is Formula III shown below:
  • R 4 is a substituted alkyl and R 5 is a dialkylamino, or R 4 is a dialkylamino and R 5 is a substituted alkyl, wherein the substituted alkyl is hydroxymethyl and the dialkylamino is N,N-diethylamino.
  • R d is Formula III, wherein R 4 is hydrogen and R 5 is Formula VI shown below:
  • R 4 is Formula VI and R 5 is hydrogen.
  • z in Formula VI is 0, R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , or R 17 is O, and all of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single.
  • z in Formula VI is 0, R 13 is O, and all of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single.
  • z in Formula VI is 0, R 13 is O, all of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single, X b is oxygen, p is 1, q is 0 and each R 19 is hydrogen.
  • z in Formula VI is 1, R d is Formula III, wherein R 4 is hydrogen and R 5 is Formula IV or Formula V shown below:
  • R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 10 , and R 11 are, independently, hydrogen, U 1 , U 1 +Q 1 , U 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 , U 1 +Q 1 +Q 3 , U 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 , or U 1 +Q 1 +Q 2 +Q 3 (preferably, in these embodiments, U 1 +Q 1 );
  • R 6 , R 9 , R 10 , and R 11 are independently present or absent according to valency, and wherein the ring bonds are double or single according to valency.
  • R 6 of Formula IV is alkyl. In some embodiments, R 6 is methyl.
  • R 6 of Formula IV is methyl, R 7 and R 8 are hydrogen.
  • z in Formula VI is 1 and R d is hydroxyl bonded at the position para- to the methylene group.
  • k is 1 and R c is hydroxyl.
  • k is 1, R c is hydroxyl, and X d is absent.
  • k is 1, R c is hydroxyl, X d is absent, and R 21 —R 28 are hydrogen.
  • R c is alkoxy
  • R c is methoxy and X d is O.
  • R c is methoxy
  • X d is O
  • R 21 —R 28 are hydrogen.
  • k is 2 and R c is alkylamino.
  • k is 2
  • R c is methylamino
  • X d is absent.
  • k is 2
  • R c is methylamino
  • X d is absent
  • R 21 —R 28 are hydrogen.
  • k is 3
  • X d is O
  • R c is Formula III shown below:
  • R 4 and R 5 are alkyl
  • k is 3
  • X d is O
  • R c is Formula III, wherein R 4 and R 5 are methyl.
  • k is 3, X d is O and R c is Formula III, wherein R 4 is hydrogen, and R 5 is carbonyl, or R 4 is carbonyl, and R 5 is hydrogen.
  • k is 3, X d is O and R c is Formula III, wherein R 4 is hydrogen, and R 5 is acetyl, or R 4 is acetyl, and R 5 is hydrogen.
  • k is 3 and R c is Formula III, R 4 is hydrogen, and R 5 is Formula VI shown below:
  • R 4 is hydrogen and R 5 is Formula VI.
  • k is 3 and R c is Formula III, wherein R 4 is hydrogen, and R 5 is Formula VI, or R 4 is hydrogen and R 5 is Formula VI, wherein z in Formula VI is 2, R 12 is N, R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , or R 17 is S, both R d are oxo and are bonded to the S, and all of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single.
  • k is 3 and R c is Formula III, wherein R 4 is hydrogen, and R 5 is Formula VI, or R 4 is hydrogen and R 5 is Formula VI, wherein z in Formula VI is 2, both R d are oxo and are bonded to R 15 , R 12 is N, R 15 is S, and all of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single.
  • k is 3 and R c is Formula III, wherein R 4 is hydrogen, and R 5 is Formula VI, or R 4 is hydrogen and R 5 is Formula VI, wherein z in Formula VI is 2, both R d are oxo and are bonded to R 15 , R 12 is N, R 15 is S, and all of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single, X b is absent, q is 0, p is 1, and each R 19 is hydrogen.
  • k is 3 and R c is Formula III, wherein R 4 is hydrogen, and R 5 is Formula VI, or R 4 is hydrogen and R 5 is Formula VI, wherein z in Formula VI is 1, R d is amino, and three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double and three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single.
  • k is 3 and R c is Formula III, wherein R 4 is hydrogen, and R 5 is Formula VI, or R 4 is hydrogen and R 5 is Formula VI, wherein z in Formula VI is 1, R d is amino and is bonded to R 15 , and three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double and three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single.
  • k is 3 and R c is Formula III, wherein R 4 is hydrogen, and R 5 is Formula VI, or R 4 is hydrogen and R 5 is Formula VI, wherein z in Formula VI is 1, R d is amino and is bonded to R 15 , and three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double and three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single, X b is absent, p is 0 and q is 0.
  • k is 3 and R c is Formula III, wherein R 4 is hydrogen, and R 5 is Formula VI, or R 4 is hydrogen and R 5 is Formula VI, wherein z in Formula VI is 0, R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , or R 17 is O, and all of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single.
  • k is 3 and R c is Formula III, wherein R 4 is hydrogen, and R 5 is Formula VI, or R 4 is hydrogen and R 5 is Formula VI, wherein z in Formula VI is 0, R 13 is O, and all of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single.
  • k is 3 and R c is Formula III, wherein R 4 is hydrogen, and R 5 is Formula VI, or R 4 is hydrogen and R 5 is Formula VI, wherein z in Formula VI is 0, R 13 is O, all of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single, X b is oxygen, p is 1, q is 0 and each R 19 is hydrogen.
  • k is 3 and R c is Formula III, wherein R 4 is hydrogen, and R 5 is Formula VI, or R 4 is hydrogen and R 5 is Formula VI, wherein z in Formula VI is 1, R d is alkoxy and is bonded to R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 15 , R 16 , or R 17 , three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double and three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single.
  • k is 3 and R c is Formula III, wherein R 4 is hydrogen, and R 5 is Formula VI, or R 4 is hydrogen and R 5 is Formula VI, wherein z in Formula VI is 1, R d is alkoxy and is bonded to R 13 , three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double and three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single.
  • k is 3 and R c is Formula III, wherein R 4 is hydrogen, and R 5 is Formula VI, or R 4 is hydrogen and R 5 is Formula VI, wherein z in Formula VI is 1, R d is alkoxy such as methoxy, and is bonded to R 13 , R 12 to R 17 are carbon atoms, three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are double and three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 17 are single, X b is absent, p is 0 and q is 0.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 15 , or R 16 is O, and, as valency permits, two of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double bonds, and three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are single bonds.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 is O, R 12 , R 14 , R 15 and R 16 are C, the bonds between R 12 and R 16 , and between R 14 and R 15 , are double bonds, and the rest of the bonds in the ring are single bonds.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 is O, R 12 , R 14 , R 15 and R 16 are C, the bonds between R 12 and R 16 , and between R 14 and R 15 , are double bonds, the rest of the bonds in the ring are single bonds, X b is absent, p is 1, q is 0, and each R 19 is hydrogen.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , or R 16 is O, and, the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are single bonds.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 is O, R 12 , R 14 , R 15 and R 16 are C, and the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are single bonds.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 is O, R 12 , R 14 , R 15 and R 16 are C, the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are single bonds, X b is absent, p is 1, q is 0, and each R 19 is hydrogen.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 and R 16 are O, and the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are single bonds.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 and R 16 are O, R 12 , R 14 and R 15 are C, the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are single bonds.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 and R 16 are O, R 12 , R 14 and R 15 are C, the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are single bonds, X b is absent, p is 1, q is 0, and each R 19 is hydrogen.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 15 , or R 16 is N, and, as valency permits, two of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double bonds, and three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are single bonds.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 is N, R 12 , R 14 , R 15 and R 16 are C, the bonds between R 12 and R 16 , and between R 14 and R 15 , are double bonds, and the rest of the bonds in the ring are single bonds.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 is N, R 12 , R 14 , R 15 and R 16 are C, the bonds between R 12 and R 16 , and between R 14 and R 15 , are double bonds, the rest of the bonds in the ring are single bonds, X b is absent, p is 1, q is 0, and each R 19 is hydrogen.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , or R 16 is N, and, the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are single bonds.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 is N, R 12 , R 14 , R 15 and R 16 are C, and the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are single bonds.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 is N, R 12 , R 14 , R 15 and R 16 are C, the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are single bonds, X b is absent, p is 1, q is 0, and each R 19 is hydrogen.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 and R 16 are N, and the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are single bonds.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 and R 16 are N, R 12 , R 14 and R 15 are C, the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are single bonds.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 and R 16 are N, R 12 , R 14 and R 15 are C, the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are single bonds, X b is absent, p is 1, q is 0, and each R 19 is hydrogen.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 15 , or R 16 is S, and, as valency permits, two of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are double bonds, and three of the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are single bonds.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 is S, R 12 , R 14 , R 15 and R 16 are C, the bonds between R 12 and R 16 , and between R 14 and R 15 , are double bonds, and the rest of the bonds in the ring are single bonds.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 is S, R 12 , R 14 , R 15 and R 16 are C, the bonds between R 12 and R 16 , and between R 14 and R 15 , are double bonds, the rest of the bonds in the ring are single bonds, X b is absent, p is 1, q is 0, and each R 19 is hydrogen.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , or R 16 is S, and, the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are single bonds.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 is S, R 12 , R 14 , R 15 and R 16 are C, and the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are single bonds.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 is S, R 12 , R 14 , R 15 and R 16 are C, the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are single bonds, X b is absent, p is 1, q is 0, and each R 19 is hydrogen.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 and R 16 are S, and the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are single bonds.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 and R 16 are S, R 12 , R 14 and R 15 are C, the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are single bonds.
  • w in Formula IX is 0, R 13 and R 16 are S, R 12 , R 14 and R 15 are C, the bonds between adjacent R 12 to R 16 are single bonds, X b is absent, p is 1, q is 0, and each R 19 is hydrogen.
  • R 29 of Formula X is Si, and X g is alkynyl.
  • R 29 of Formula X is Si, X g is ethynyl, and R 30 is alkylene.
  • R 29 of Formula X is Si
  • X g is ethynyl
  • R 30 is methylene
  • R 31 , R 32 , and R 33 are alkyl.
  • R 29 of Formula X is Si
  • X g is ethynyl
  • R 30 is methylene
  • R 31 , R 32 , and R 33 are methyl.
  • Products can be either singularly modified or multiply modified.
  • Singularly modified product s are products that contain one or more covalent modifications, wherein substantially all of the covalently modified products possess the same covalent modification (i.e. the product contains one ‘type’ or species of covalent modification).
  • Multiply modified products are products that contain covalent modifications, wherein substantially all of the covalently modified products do not possess the same covalent modification (i.e. the product contains two or more ‘types’ or species of covalent modifications).

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