Silica nanoparticles encapsulating near-infrared emissive cyanine dyes

We show that efficient near-infrared (NIR) cyanine fluorophores (1 and 2) can be encapsulated into silica nanoparticles providing a highly versatile and unique platform for in vivo diagnostics. Utilizing this platform, multiple fluorophores can be loaded within a single particle allowing the light absorption and emission properties of the nanoparticle to be controlled independent of particle size. Furthermore, such dyed nanoparticles may have extinction coefficients as high as about 100 x 10(6) Lmol(-1)cm(-1) in the NIR (on a per mole of particles basis), with quantum yields from about 8-10%. A simple synthetic method for varying particle size and dye-loading level is presented, and a modified Stober synthesis reduces deleterious exposure of the dye to the highly alkaline conditions used. The cyanine dyes are encapsulated in silica in a non-aggregated state and the fluorescence brightness is largely maintained to nominal dye concentrations approaching 50 muM. The ability to control light absorption and emission properties independent of particle size, and convenient access to particle sizes in the range of 20-100 nm (a size regime difficult to access with other nanoparticle approaches such as quantum dots), are important features for anatomical targeting in in vivo diagnostics and targeted therapeutic applications.     

Synthesis of novel near-infrared cyanine dyes for metal ion determination

Four heptamethine cyanine dyes 10, 19–21 containing an ortho-hydroxy-carboxy functionality for metal ion complexation and absorbing at λ max (methanol) 761±1 nm have been synthesized.     

Tuning the photoinduced electron transfer in near-infrared heptamethine cyanine dyes

An efficient photoinduced electron transfer (PET) system in near-infrared region was described. The PET in heptamethine cyanine dyes was tuned by changing the electron-donating ability of the substituent at the central position of the polymehine chain. 4-Aminophenylthio-substitution led to an efficient PET and the lowest fluorescence quantum yield. The acetylation, protonation or transition metal cation coordination of the amino group could recover fluorescence greatly via suppressing the PET.     

Fluorescence lifetime properties of near-infrared cyanine dyes in relation to their structures

Structurally diverse near-infrared (NIR) absorbing polymethine dyes were prepared and their fluorescence lifetimes (FLT) were evaluated in relation to their structural features. Comparative FLT analysis based on the modification of methine chain length and heterocyclic system showed that indolium or benzo[e]indolium heptamethine dyes exhibited longer FLT than the benzo[c,d]indolium trimethine dye. Modification of heterocyclic system alone with an intact chain length showed that indolium-based heptamethine dyes showed approximately 30% longer FLT than the benzo[e]indolium-based dyes. In general, the FLT of polymethine dyes increased from polar to non-polar solvents. In addition, correlation study between the theoretical and the experimental FLT for indocyanine green (ICG) suggests that the lack of structural rigidity for these cyanine dyes is primarily responsible for the loss of the excited state energy via non-radiative pathway.     

方酸菁染料的合成

方酸菁染料业经证明具有光谱增感作用,但迄今未见其作为照相材料应用的报道.1973年法国Siegfried等将其用于巨脉冲红宝石激光的无源切换;最近Morel等又研究了它们在太阳能电池中的应用.作者合成了八个方酸菁染料,并对它们的照相性能和光电转换特性作了初步研究;发现其中的个别化合物不但具有良好的光谱增感作用,而且与照相工业中常用的染料“1833”相比,衰退也比较慢;部分化合物还表现出相当高的光电转换效率. 作者曾报道方酸的合成.本文介绍另一种方法,即以醋酸钠-醋酸环化1,1,3-三氯-2,     

Photonics of dimers of cyanine dyes

The results of study on the properties of dimers of thiamonomethine-and thiatrimethinecyanines (thiacarbocyanines) in the ground and electronically excited states in aqueous solutions are presented. Dimers of cyanine dyes have the sandwiched structure with near-parallel alignment of the polymethine chains of the monomers in the dimer. The formation of dimers is manifested by two absorption bands of different intensities due to splitting of the S* level of the monomers upon their resonance interaction. Dimers of thiacarbocyanines are characterized by a low fluorescence quantum yield φ_fl as compared to monomers; however, φ_fl of dimers of thiamonomethinecyanines are markedly higher than that of monomers. Dimers of cyanine dyes are also characterized by a relatively high quantum yield of intersystem crossing to the triplet state. In the triplet-triplet absorption spectra, two bands of different intensities are revealed, which are due to the splitting of the higher triplet level of the monomers that form the dimer. In the presence of electron donors (ascorbic acid, hydroquinone) and/or acceptors (p-benzoquinone, p-nitroacetophenone, methylviologen), the triplet state of dimers is quenched as a result of electron transfer yielding radical products. Dimers in the triplet state can serve as photosensitizers of redox reactions.     

J-aggregation of cyanine dyes by self-assembly

The importance of highly ordered surfaces, containing adsorptive surface states, is discussed for J-aggregation by self-assembly. Such nucleating surfaces are nanometer-sized edges and corners of cubic AgBr microcrystals, or surface iodide-clusters located along edges and corners of AgBr:I microcrystals. Of particular interest are dendrimers, monoatomic steps on terraced silver halide microcrystals and fullerene derivatives as nucleating surfaces. Molecular organisation into J-aggregates by self-assembly was realized using aprotic, apolar solvents for fullerenes, and polar solvents for dendrimers and monoatomic surface steps. By using dendrimers as nucleating agents in mesopores of metal oxide nanoparticle coatings, size-controlled and stable J-aggregates with high optical densities and strong fluorescence were obtained reproducibly. Such films may be useful for sensors, opto-electronics, lighting and photovoltaics.     

冠醚菁染料的研究VI.含苯并咪唑环的冠醚菁染料的合成

Cyanine dyes containing benzimidazolyl crown ether derivative groups were prepared and characterized by UV, IR, and NMR spectroscopy.     

Kinetics of salt-induced J-aggregation of cyanine dyes

The addition of monovalent, divalent, and trivalent metal ions to three anionic ethyl meso-thiacarbocyanine dyes, an ethyl meso-oxacarbocyanine, and an imidacarbocyanine in aqueous solution at room temperature results in the production of J-aggregates within the range of tens to hundreds of seconds. The rate of formation of J-aggregates correlates with the rate of decay of dimers or monomers and is dependent on the type of metal ion, dye structure, and temperature. The rate of formation of J-aggregates increases as the temperature decreases and the dye and salt concentrations increase, and the rate is highest for trivalent ions and smallest for monovalent ions, independent of the type of anion. The time course of formation of J-aggregates is described in most cases by a sigmoidal curve, and the kinetics and mechanism are discussed within the framework of autocatalysis. Computer simulations reveal that the sigmoidal time dependence is transferred to an exponential-like curve by substantially increasing the rate constant for the noncatalytic step. The reaction pathway into J-aggregates can be switched from dimeric ion pairs as the reactant to monomeric ion pairs, when the rate constant for the catalytic step via the monomer becomes larger with respect to that via the dimer.     

冠醚苯并恶唑菁染料的合成

本文报道含冠迷苯并恶唑菁染料及半菁染料的合成,采用一种简便方法合成了关健中间体2-甲基6,7-二羟基苯并恶唑:从2,3,4-三羟基苯乙酮肟经beckmann重排而得到,将它再与三甘醇或四甘醇二氯化物反应 ,分别得到相应的冠醚化合物:2-甲基-6,7-并(12-冠-4)苯并恶唑和2-甲基-6,7-并(15-冠-5)苯并恶唑,将它们制成相应的季铵盐 ,然后分别与原甲酸乙酯或对二甲胺基甲醛作用,得到相应的冠醚恶唑菁染料,或半菁染料.     

Water-soluble cyanine dyes for biological microchip technology

Novel indodicarbocyanine dyes were obtained and their spectroscopic characteristics were determined. For equal concentrations of the dyes, the relative fluorescence efficiency was measured at the excitation wavelengths λ = 635 and 655 nm and the emission wavelengths λ = 670 and 690 nm, respectively. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2355–2359, December, 2007.     

Pyrazolobenzothiazoles and their conversion to cyanine dyes

Thiocyanatlon of 5- and 6-aminoindazoles gives 5-amino-4-thiocyanoindazole and 6-amino-7-thiocyanoindazole. Sodium sulfide reduction of these amlnothiocyano derivatives, followed by cyclization with acetic anhydride gives 2-methylpyrazolo[5, 4-g] benzothiazole and 2-methylpyrazolo[4, 5-g]benzothiazole. Dimethyl sulfate alkylation in alkaline solution gives 2, 6-dimethylpyrazolo[5, 4-g]benzothiazole and 2, 8-dimethylpyrazolo[4, 5-g]benzothiazole. Quaternary salts of the latter were used to synthesize symmetrical and unsymmetrical trimethinecyanines, monomethinecyanines, and dimethinemerocyanines containing the thiocyano group, as well as styryl dyes. It is found that 2-methylpyrazolo[4, 5-g]benzothiazole is less basic than 2-methylpyrazolo[5,4-g]benzothiazole and more basic than unsubstituted benzothiazole.     

Ionic liquid-controlled J- versus H-aggregation of cyanine dyes

Cyanine dyes are triggered to form fluorescent H-aggregates in IL [C(n)mim][BF(4)], whereas J-aggregates are observed to form in ILs with other anions as 2 wt% 1 M aqueous NaOH is added at room temperature; difference in hydrolytic properties of [BF(4)](-) ILs over other ILs is hypothesized to be the reason.     

Singlet oxygen generation ability of squarylium cyanine dyes

The quantum yields for singlet oxygen generation of several squarylium cyanine dyes derived from benzothiazole, benzoselenazole and quinoline, displaying absorption within the so-called “phototherapeutic window” (600–1000 nm), were determined, envisioning their potential usefulness for photodynamic therapy (PDT). The determination was performed by a direct method measuring the luminescence decay of the dyes in the near infrared. Considering the absorption and the quantum yields displayed by some of the dyes, these seemed to be potential candidates as sensitizers for PDT.     

A new type of aggregates of cyanine dyes

It was shown that aggregates of a new type are formed in an aqueous solution upon the interaction of dimers of thiamonomethinecyanines and thiapentamethinecyanines. The detected aggregates from the dimers of various dyes are named “heterocontact dimers.” It was concluded that the formation of the heterocontact aggregates is energetically favored over the J aggregates of individual dyes.     

Solid-phase methods for the synthesis of cyanine dyes

We report here a series of studies that explore solid-phase methodologies for the synthesis of various cyanine dyes. The scope of the previously reported catch-and-release method using sulfonyl chloride resin(1) has now been extended to include pentamethine and water-soluble cyanine dyes. We also report a new and chemically distinct synthetic strategy, employing the stepwise attack of heterocyclic carbon nucleophiles on immobilized polyene-chain precursors, allowing the clean synthesis of hydrophobic and hydrophilic trimethine and pentamethine dyes from more easily obtained starting materials. Overall, both approaches appear to be robust and versatile strategies to delivering a wide range of cyanine-based dyes in high purity.     

Fluorine-containing lepidines and cyanine dyes based on them

6-F-, 6-CF₃-, 6-CF₃S-, and 6-CF₃SO₂ derivatives of lepidine, their ethotosylates, and a number of carbocyanines, merocyanines, and styryl dyes were synthesized. The effect of the indicated substituents on the basicity of the heterocyclic ring and on the position of the absorption maxima of the cyanine dyes was ascertained.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No, 2, pp. 235–238, February, 1973.