Synthesis of Silicon-Substituted Hemicyanines for Multimodal SWIR Imaging

Amanda K. East, Michael C. Lee, Lukas P. Smaga, Chang Jiang, Sharath C. Mallojjala, Jennifer S. Hirschi, Jefferson Chan

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Abstract

SWIR dyes offer many advantages over their more common NIR congeners; however, the available options are limited. New SWIR imaging agents can be accessed by remodeling existing NIR molecules (i.e., hemicyanines (HDs)). In this study, we synthesized SWIR-HD, a modified HD featuring dimethylsilicon and benzo[cd]indolium groups that are designed to red-shift the absorbance and emission to 988 and 1126 nm, respectively. SWIR-HD was employed to visualize the liver and tumors via multimodal SWIR imaging.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)8509-8513
Number of pages5
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume24
Issue number46
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 25 2022

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry

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