“…Once the first amine-containing molecule is attached to 30, such as an amine-containing fluorophore or PEG group, the remaining alkoxy group can be displaced by an exposed lysine side chain on the surface of a protein, resulting in the attachment of a new molecular entity to the protein. Molecular properties calculated at the B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level for the bis-squaramide, 3,4-bis(isoproylamino)cyclobut-3-ene-1,2dione, were reported to agree well with experimental values for the geometry, atomic charges, vibrational frequencies, absorption wavelengths, and the HOMO and LUMO energies [143]. For 1,2-dianilinosquairane, the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level DFT calculations were found to be in agreement with various experimental properties for this compound [144].…”