Redox switchable rhodamine-ferrocene dyad : exploring imaging possibilities in cells

Martina Čížková (1) , Laurent Cattiaux (2) , Justine Pandard (1) , Manon Guille-Collignon (1) , Frédéric Lemaître (1) , Jérôme Delacotte (3, 1) , Jean-Maurice Mallet (2, 4) , Eric Labbé (1) , Olivier Buriez (1)

1 PASTEUR - Processus d'Activation Sélective par Transfert d'Energie Uni-électronique ou Radiatif (UMR 8640)
2 UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6
3 Département de Chimie - ENS Paris
4 LBM-E1 - Peptides, glycoconjugués et métaux en biologie

An original redox-responsive fluorescent probe combining a rhodamine derivative and a ferrocenyl moiety used as the fluorescence modulator was designed, synthesized and characterized. The fluorescence of this new dyad could be tuned from the redox state of ferrocene, a feature observed both electrochemically and on cancer cells incubated with this probe.

Keywords: Molecular electrochemistry; Spectroelectrochemistry; Rhodamine; Ferrocene; Electrofluorochromism

Domains: Other

Martina Čížková, Laurent Cattiaux, Justine Pandard, Manon Guille-Collignon, Frédéric Lemaître, et al.. Redox switchable rhodamine-ferrocene dyad : exploring imaging possibilities in cells. Electrochemistry Communications, 2018, 97, pp.46-50. ⟨10.1016/j.elecom.2018.10.009⟩. ⟨hal-01917373⟩