BODIPY-tetrazine derivatives as superbright bioorthogonal turn-on probes

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013 Jul 1;52(27):6917-20. doi: 10.1002/anie.201301100. Epub 2013 May 27.

Abstract

The fastest and the brightest: A new design that intimately connects tetrazine to a BODIPY fluorophore enables exceptionally efficient energy transfer and quenching. Upon reaction of the tetrazine, the brightness of the fluorophore increases more than a thousand-fold, a fluorogenic activation up to two orders of magnitude greater than previously described.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Boron Compounds / chemical synthesis
  • Boron Compounds / chemistry*
  • Click Chemistry
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Molecular Structure
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence / methods
  • Tetrazoles / chemistry*

Substances

  • 4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene
  • Boron Compounds
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Tetrazoles