Jean-Alexandre Richard
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2015,13, 8169-8172
DOI:
10.1039/C5OB01223F,
Communication
We report a flexible de novo synthesis of phenolic dihydroxanthene fluorophores. The synthesis relies on a one-pot formation of an aldehyde intermediate which can be diversified in 60–70% overall yield, providing an efficient access to this family of near-infrared emitting fluorophores.