Water-soluble pyrrolopyrrole cyanine (PPCy) NIR fluorophores?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2014-03-21 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC01014K

Abstract

Water-soluble derivatives of pyrrolopyrrole cyanines (PPCys) have been synthesized by a post-synthetic modification route. In highly polar media, these dyes are excellent NIR fluorophores. Labeling experiments show how these novel dyes are internalized into mammalian cells.

Graphical abstract: Water-soluble pyrrolopyrrole cyanine (PPCy) NIR fluorophores
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