The invention provides substituted N-heterocyclic carboxamides and related compounds, compositions containing such compounds, medical kits, and methods for using such compounds and compositions to treat a medical disorder, e.g., cancer, lysosomal storage disorder, neurodegenerative disorder, inflammatory disorder, in a patient.

The invention relates to a process for the production of amide bonds, in particular peptide bonds, with the aid of novel amide linking reagents containing an anion of the formula (I), to the novel reagents, and to the preparation thereof.