Synthesis of 5- and 6-carboxy-X-rhodamines.

ABSTRACT: An efficient route is reported to 5- and 6-carboxy-X-rhodamines (compounds 1 and 2) that contain multiple n-propylene or gamma,gamma-dimethylpropylene groups bridging terminal nitrogen atoms and the central xanthene core. Gram quantities of these dyes are synthesized from inexpensive starting materials. The isolated products are activated by selective transformation of the carboxylic acid group into N-hydroxysuccinimidyl esters in situ and then conjugated with an amino group of a molecule of interest.

SUBMITTER: Uddin MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2646678 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature