Fluorofluorophores: Fluorescent Fluorous Chemical Tools Spanning the Visible Spectrum
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Sletten, Ellen M.; Swager, Timothy M
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“Fluoro” refers to both fluorescent and fluorinated compounds. Despite the shared prefix, there are very few fluorescent molecules that are soluble in perfluorinated solvents. This paucity is surprising, given that optical microscopy is a ubiquitous technique throughout the physical sciences and the orthogonality of fluorous materials is a commonly exploited strategy in synthetic chemistry, materials science, and chemical biology. We have addressed this shortage by synthesizing a panel of “fluorofluorophores,” fluorescent molecules containing high weight percent fluorine with optical properties spanning the visible spectrum. We demonstrate the utility of these fluorofluorophores by preparing fluorescent perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions.
Date issued
2014-09Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of ChemistryJournal
Journal of the American Chemical Society
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
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Sletten, Ellen M. and Swager, Timothy M. "Fluorofluorophores: Fluorescent Fluorous Chemical Tools Spanning the Visible Spectrum." Journal of the American Chemical Society 136, no. 39 (September 2014): 13574-13577 © 2014 American Chemical Society
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0002-7863
1520-5126