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In situ synthesis of alkenyl tetrazines for highly fluorogenic bioorthogonal live-cell imaging probes.


ABSTRACT: In spite of the wide application potential of 1,2,4,5-tetrazines, particularly in live-cell and in?vivo imaging, a major limitation has been the lack of practical synthetic methods. Here we report the in?situ synthesis of (E)-3-substituted 6-alkenyl-1,2,4,5-tetrazine derivatives through an elimination-Heck cascade reaction. By using this strategy, we provide 24 examples of ?-conjugated tetrazine derivatives that can be conveniently prepared from tetrazine building blocks and related halides. These include tetrazine analogs of biological small molecules, highly conjugated buta-1,3-diene-substituted tetrazines, and a diverse array of fluorescent probes suitable for live-cell imaging. These highly conjugated probes show very strong fluorescence turn-on (up to 400-fold) when reacted with dienophiles such as cyclopropenes and trans-cyclooctenes, and we demonstrate their application for live-cell imaging. This work provides an efficient and practical synthetic methodology for tetrazine derivatives and will facilitate the application of conjugated tetrazines, particularly as fluorogenic probes for live-cell imaging.

SUBMITTER: Wu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4104127 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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In situ synthesis of alkenyl tetrazines for highly fluorogenic bioorthogonal live-cell imaging probes.

Wu Haoxing H   Yang Jun J   Šečkutė Jolita J   Devaraj Neal K NK  

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20140424 23


In spite of the wide application potential of 1,2,4,5-tetrazines, particularly in live-cell and in vivo imaging, a major limitation has been the lack of practical synthetic methods. Here we report the in situ synthesis of (E)-3-substituted 6-alkenyl-1,2,4,5-tetrazine derivatives through an elimination-Heck cascade reaction. By using this strategy, we provide 24 examples of π-conjugated tetrazine derivatives that can be conveniently prepared from tetrazine building blocks and related halides. The  ...[more]

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