Rapid assembly and in situ screening of bidentate inhibitors of protein tyrosine phosphatases.

[reaction: see text] We have successfully designed and synthesized a small library of protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) inhibitors, in which the so-called "click chemistry" or Cu(I)-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar alkyne-azide coupling reaction was carried out for rapid assembly of 66 different bidentate compounds. Subsequent in situ enzymatic screening revealed a potential PTP1B inhibitor (IC(50) = 4.7 microM) which is 10-100 fold more potent than other PTPs.