Tetrahedron Letters

A benzothiazole-based fluorescent probe for thiol bioimaging

W Sun, W Li, J Li, J Zhang, L Du, M Li

Index: Sun, Wei; Li, Wenhua; Li, Jing; Zhang, Jian; Du, Lupei; Li, Minyong Tetrahedron Letters, 2012 , vol. 53, # 18 p. 2332 - 2335

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Abstract

This study reports a benzothiazole-based fluorescent probe with simple structure for thiols. This probe exhibited high on/off signal ratios and good selectivity toward thiols over other analytes, and was successfully applied to the imaging of thiols in living cells. ... This Letter discloses a benzothiazole-based fluorescent probe for thiols, which exhibited high on/off signal ratios and good selectivity toward thiols over other analytes, and was successfully applied to the ...