Cyanine dyes containing N-substituted azaaromatic moieties

Syntheses and properties of cyanine dyes bearing N-substituted pyridine and quinoline rings including cationic cyanines and merocyanines are reviewed.Institute of Chemistry, Pedagogical University al. Armii Krajowej 13/15 42-201 Czestochowa, Poland. Published in Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, pp. 882–898, July, 1995. Original article submitted March 6, 1995