Water-solubilised BF2-chelated tetraarylazadipyrromethenes

Mariusz Tasior; Julie Murtagh; Daniel O. Frimannsson; Shane O. McDonnell; Donal F. O'Shea

doi:10.1039/B919546G

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Water-solubilised BF₂-chelated tetraarylazadipyrromethenes†

Mariusz Tasior,^a Julie Murtagh,^a Daniel O. Frimannsson,^a Shane O. McDonnell^a and Donal F. O'Shea^a

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^a Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
E-mail: donal.f.oshea@ucd.ie
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Abstract

Strategic incorporation of sulfonic acid, carboxylic acid or ammonium salt motifs generate water soluble BF₂-chelated tetraarylazadipyrromethenes which exhibit strong near infra-red (NIR) emissions above 720 nm and can be readily imaged in both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B919546G
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 18 Sep 2009
Accepted: 31 Oct 2009
First published: 16 Nov 2009

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Org. Biomol. Chem., 2010,8, 522-525

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Water-solubilised BF₂-chelated tetraarylazadipyrromethenes

M. Tasior, J. Murtagh, D. O. Frimannsson, S. O. McDonnell and D. F. O'Shea, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2010, 8, 522 DOI: 10.1039/B919546G

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