Monochromophoric iridium(iii) pyridyl-tetrazine complexes as a unique design strategy for bioorthogonal probes with luminogenic behavior.

Tommy Siu-Ming TangHua-Wei LiuKenneth Kam-Wing Lo

Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2018)

The coordination of pyridyl-tetrazine to a cationic iridium(iii) center affords a novel class of luminogenic bioorthogonal probes for biomolecular labeling and cellular imaging.

Keyphrases

fluorescence imaging
small molecule
living cells
single molecule
high resolution
nucleic acid
fluorescent probe