Patent ID: 8546598

Claim:
A silane compound of formula (I): X-E-A-Z, (I) wherein X is a silyl group capable of creating a covalent bond after reaction with at least one hydroxyl functional group of a support, E represents an organic spacer group, A represents a single bond or a group selected from the group consisting of —CONH—, —NHCO—, —OCH 2 CONH—, —NHCOCH 2 O—, —O—, and —S—, and Z represents a cycloalkyne or a heterocycloalkyne, comprising at least 8 ring members, of formula (Z): wherein R 1 and R 2 represent, independently of one another, H, NO 2 , Cl, Br, F, I, OR, SR, NR 2 , R, NHCOR, CONHR, or COOR with R representing an alkyl or aryl group, n≧1 when Z is a heterocycloalkyne, the heteroatom is O or S.