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SUBMITTER: Hyun H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3448123 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Contrast media & molecular imaging 20121101 6
Image-guided surgery using optical imaging requires the availability of large quantities of clinical-grade fluorophores. We describe the cGMP-compatible synthesis of the zwitterionic heptamethine indocyanine near-infrared fluorophore ZW800-1 at the 10 g scale (~1000 patient doses) using facile and efficient solvent purification, and without the need for column chromatography. ZW800-1 has >90% yield at the final step and >99% purity as measured by fluorescence and evaporative light scatter detect ...[more]