In Situ Synthesis of Phenoxazine Dyes in Water: Application for “Turn-On” Fluorogenic and Chromogenic Detection of Nitric Oxide**

Sébastien Jenni, Kévin Renault, Garance Dejouy, Sylvain Debieu, Myriam Laly, Anthony Romieu

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Abstract

The synthesis of phenoxazine dyes was revisited in order to access these fluorescent N,O-heterocycles under mild conditions. The combined sequential use of nitrosonium tetrafluoroborate (NOBF4) and triphenylphosphine enables the facile conversion of bis(3-dimethylaminophenyl) ether into the methyl analogue of popular laser dye oxazine 1. The ability of nitrosonium cation (NO+) to initiate the domino reaction resulting in π-conjugated phenoxazine molecules under neutral conditions, then led us to explore the feasibility of expanding it in aqueous media. Thus, we explored the use of reactive signaling molecule nitric oxide (NO) as a biological trigger of phenoxazine synthesis in water. The implementation of a robust analytical methodology based on fluorescence assays and HPLC-fluorescence/-MS analyses, have enabled us to demonstrate the viability of this novel fluorogenic reaction-based process to selectively yield an intense “OFF-ON” response in the near-infrared (NIR-I) spectral region. This study is an important step towards the popularization of the concept of “covalent assembly” in the fields of optical sensing, bioimaging and molecular theranostics.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere202100268
JournalChemPhotoChem
Volume6
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2022

Keywords

  • covalent assembly
  • domino reactions
  • fluorescent probes
  • nitric oxide
  • phenoxazine dyes

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