Abstract:
The invention provides a method for producing an immunoconjugate, the method comprising combining one or more compounds of Formula I and an antibody construct of Formula II to provide the immunoconjugate of Formula III, wherein TA is a therapeutic agent, L is a linker, r is an integer from 1 to 50, Ar is an aromatic moiety comprising a substituent selected from PEG, —SOCX, —NR, —NO, —SOR, —SOR, —CN, —CX, —POR, —OPOR, and salts thereof, each R independently is H, CX, or C-Calkyl, each X independently is hydrogen or a halogen, Y is CH, PEG, or a bond, n is an integer from 1 to 4, and PEG has the formula: —(CHCHO)m-(CH)—, where p is an integer from 1 to 5 and m is an integer from 2 to 50. The invention also provides an immunoconjugate and a composition of immunoconjugates formed from said method.