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Cover Picture: Synthesis of Water‐Soluble Red‐Emitting Thienyl–BODIPYs and Bovine Serum Albumin Labeling (Chem. Eur. J. 5/2014)
Author(s) -
Poirel Arnaud,
Retailleau Pascal,
De Nicola Antoinette,
Ziessel Raymond
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201490014
Subject(s) - bodipy , chemistry , fluorescence , bovine serum albumin , naked eye , aqueous solution , covalent bond , cucurbituril , combinatorial chemistry , supramolecular chemistry , lewis acids and bases , photochemistry , organic chemistry , molecule , chromatography , detection limit , catalysis , physics , quantum mechanics
The bright red fluorescence of the probe is shown, both free in aqueous solution and when covalently linked to a model protein such as BSA. This phenomenon relies on the use of the thienyl‐BODIPY unit (easy to produce on a large scale). The fact that this entity remains highly fluorescent in its bioconjugates warrants attention not only to the naked‐eye visibility of its emission under UV excitation but also to its particular molecular structure. For more details see the Communication by R. Ziessel and co‐workers on page 1252 ff.