Mitochondria selective trackers for long-term imaging based on readily accessible neutral BODIPYs.
Ágata Ramos-TorresEdurne Avellanal-ZaballaFernando García-GarridoAna B Fernández-MartínezAlejandro Prieto-CastañedaAntonia R AgarrabeitiaJorge BañuelosInmaculada García-MorenoFrancisco-Javier Lucio-CazañaMaria J OrtizPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2021)
We report the design of a new model based on a small neutral 8-aryl-3-formylBODIPY and its suitability to develop privileged highly bright and photostable fluorescent probes for selective and, more importantly, covalent staining of mitochondria.