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US 2026/0028482 A1Published application
Substitution at the Central Position of Heptamethine Dyes By Aryllithium Addition for Improved Fluorophores
AssigneeBoard of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
InventorsShang Jia, Lei Guo
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Abstract
A method of synthesizing a fluorophore is disclosed. The method includes the steps of converting a heptamethine dye to a keto-heptamethine dye and converting the keto-heptamethine dye to a 4′-aryl heptamethine dye.
Claims14
A method of synthesizing a fluorophore, comprising the steps of:
- converting a heptamethine dye to a keto-heptamethine dye;
- and
- converting said keto-heptamethine dye to a 4′-aryl heptamethine dye.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.