Self-deprotonation and colorization of 1,3-bis(dicyanomethylidene)indan in polar media: a facile route to a minimal polymethine dye for NIR fluorescence imaging |
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Authors: | Heo Jeongyun Lim Chang-Keun Whang Dong Ryeol Shin Jiyoung Jeong Seo Young Park Soo Young Kwon Ick Chan Kim Sehoon |
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Affiliation: | Center for Theragnosis, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 39-1 Hawolgok-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-791, Korea. |
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Abstract: | Colorless 1,3-bis(dicyanomethylidene)indan is an organic acid (pK(a) ≈3.0) that turns blue in polar media owing to self-deprotonation. Moreover, its colored conjugate base shows potential as a minimal anionic polymethine dye for probing biomolecules in cells and in vivo through noncovalent complexation and near-infrared fluorescence signaling. |
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