Design of Nitroso-Modified Naphthylene-Based Fluorophores as Photoactivatable Bioorthogonal Turn-On Probes

Org Lett. 2021 May 7;23(9):3782-3787. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c01226. Epub 2021 Apr 26.

Abstract

We reported a series of nitroso-modified naphthylene-based fluorophores as novel bioorthogonal fluorescence turn-on probes. The cycloadducts from nitroso-diene Diels-Alder reaction could be either photochemically or spontaneously transformed into highly fluorescent rearrangement products with remarkable photophysical properties including significant fluorescence enhancement, large Stokes shift, high fluorescence quantum yield, superior photostability, and distinct solvatochromic effect. This strategy is suitable for selective labeling of diene-modified proteins and visualizing specific organelles in live mammalian cells under no-wash conditions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cycloaddition Reaction
  • Fluorescence
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
  • Ionophores / chemistry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nitroso Compounds / chemistry*
  • Optical Imaging

Substances

  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Ionophores
  • Nitroso Compounds