Fluorescent probes hydrazide derivatives

Texas Red hydrazide is a derivative of Texas Red sulfonyl chloride made by reaction with hydrazine (Invitrogen). The result is a sulfonyl hydrazine group on the No. 5 carbon position of the lower-ring structure of sulforhodamine 101. The intense Texas Red fluorophore has a QY that is inherently higher than either the tetramethylrhodamine or Lissamine rhodamine B derivatives of the basic rhodamine molecule. Texas Red s luminescence is shifted maximally into the red region of the spectrum, and its emission peak only minimally overlaps with that of fluorescein. This makes derivatives of this fluorescent probe among the best choices of labels for use in double-staining techniques. 

BODIPY 593/503 C3 hydrazide is 4,4-difluoro-l,3,5,7-tetramethyl-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene-8-propionyl hydrazide (Molecular Probes). Unlike BODIPY 530/550 C3 hydrazide, this BODIPY derivative contains substituents that shift to lower wavelengths the spectral characteristics of its fluorescent properties. The molecule is highly reactive toward aldehyde-containing compounds, including glycoproteins that have been oxidized with sodium periodate to create the requisite groups (Fig. 230). 

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