Reversible synthesis and characterization of dynamic imino analogues of trimethine and pentamethine cyanine dyes.
A new family of unsymmetrical imine-based trimethine and pentamethine cyanine dye analogues is reported that can form under reversible and thermodynamically controlled conditions from non- or weakly emissive amine and aldehyde building blocks. These dynamic fluorophores show spectroscopic properties comparable to those of their parent cyanine dyes and are responsive to external effectors.
Meguellati
Kamel
K
ISIS Université Louis Pasteur 8, Allée Gaspard Monge, BP 70028, 67083 Strasbourg, France.
Spichty
Martin
M
Ladame
Sylvain
S