Deuterated fluorophores

A compound of the following structure:

• wherein
• R1 is independently selected from halogen, H, D, CN, OH, O(alkyl), O(aryl), SH, S(alkyl), S(aryl), N3, NH2, NH(alkyl), N(alkyl)2, NH(aryl), NH(aryl)2, NO2, CHO, C(O)(alkyl), C(O)(aryl), COOH, COO(alkyl), COO(aryl), C(O)NH(alkyl), C(O)NH(aryl), PO3H2, SO3H, alkyl and substituted alkyl, aryl and substituted aryl, alkenyl and substituted alkenyl, or where the R, substituents, taken together with the carbon atoms to which they are bonded, form a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl ring containing 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 carbon atoms;
• R1′ is independently selected from halogen, H, D, CN, OH, O(alkyl), O(aryl), SH, S(alkyl), S(aryl), N3, NH2, NH(alkyl), N(alkyl)2, NH(aryl), NH(aryl)2, NO2, CHO, C(O)(alkyl), C(O)(aryl), COOH, COO(alkyl), COO(aryl), C(O)NH(alkyl), C(O)NH(aryl), PO3H2, SO3H, alkyl and substituted alkyl, aryl and substituted aryl, alkenyl and substituted alkenyl, and only one of R1 and R1′ can be D when X is CF3, and only one of R, and R1′ can be CD3 when Q is O;
• R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from H, halogen, D, CN, OH, O(alkyl), O(aryl), SH, S(alkyl), S(aryl), N3, NH2, NH(alkyl), N(alkyl)2, NH(aryl), NH(aryl)2, NO2, CHO, C(O)(alkyl), C(O)(aryl), COOH, COO(alkyl), COO(aryl), C(O)NH(alkyl), C(O)NH(aryl), PO3H2, SO3H, alkyl and substituted alkyl, aryl and substituted aryl, alkenyl and substituted alkenyl;
• Q is selected from C(alkyl), C(alkyl)2, N(alkyl), O, S, Si(alkyl)2, SO2, P(O)(alkyl), P(O)(aryl), PO2H, and Se;
• W is selected from C and N;
• X is selected from H, D, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, halogen, CN, O, OH, O(alkyl), O(aryl), SH, S(alkyl), S(aryl), N3, NH2, NH(alkyl), N(alkyl)2, NH(aryl), NH(aryl)2, NO2, CHO, C(O)(alkyl), C(O)(aryl), COOH, COO(alkyl), COO(aryl), C(O)NH(alkyl), C(O)NH(aryl), PO3H2, SO3H;
• Y is selected from H, D, C(alkyl), C(aryl), C(alkenyl), C(alkyl)2, N(alkyl), N(alkyl)2, N(aryl), N(aryl)2, O and S;
• Z is selected from H, D, halogen, CN, OH, O(alkyl), O(aryl), SH, S(alkyl), S(aryl), N3, NH2, NH(alkyl), N(alkyl)2, NH(aryl), NH(aryl)2, NO2, CHO, C(O)(alkyl), C(O)(aryl), COOH, COO(alkyl), COO(aryl), C(O)NH(alkyl), C(O)NH(aryl), PO3H2, SO3H, alkyl and substituted alkyl, aryl and substituted aryl, alkenyl and substituted alkenyl, or Z and Y, taken together with the carbon atoms to which they are bonded, form a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl ring containing 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 ring carbon atoms, or Z and Y, taken together with the carbon atoms to which they are bonded, form a substituted or unsubstituted aryl ring.