Issue 46, 2013
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Chemical Communications

J- vs. H-type assembly: pentamethine cyanine (Cy5) as a near-IR chiroptical reporter†

Larysa I. Markova,ab   Vladimir L. Malinovskii,a   Leonid D. Patsenkerb  and  Robert Häner*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
E-mail: robert.haener@ioc.unibe.ch
Tel: +41 31 631 4382

b Department of Organic Luminophores and Dyes, “Institute for Single Crystals”, Nat. Acad. Sci. Ukraine, 60, Lenin Ave., Kharkiv 61001, Ukraine
E-mail: patsenker@isc.kharkov.com
Tel: +380-57-341-02-72

Abstract

The DNA-enabled dimerization of pentamethine cyanine (Cy5) dyes was studied by optical methods. The value of cyanine as a chiroptical reporter using a monomer-to-dimer switch is demonstrated. The specific shape of the CD signal and its high intensity are a result of J-type assembly.

Graphical abstract: J- vs. H-type assembly: pentamethine cyanine (Cy5) as a near-IR chiroptical reporter

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC42103A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Mar 2013
Accepted
23 Apr 2013
First published
24 Apr 2013
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 5298-5300

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J- vs. H-type assembly: pentamethine cyanine (Cy5) as a near-IR chiroptical reporter

L. I. Markova, V. L. Malinovskii, L. D. Patsenker and R. Häner, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 5298 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC42103A

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