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Tetramethoxy-Aminorhodamine (TMARh): A Bichromophore, an Improved Fluorophore, and a pH Switch
Thomas Just Sørensen1, Dong Shi1, Bo W Laursen2
1Nano-Science Center & Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100, København Ø, Denmark.
Abstract:
Rhodamine is one of the most widely used fluorescent dyes. Here, a new synthetic pathway to the popular dyes is reported and the effect of adding four methoxy groups to the molecular structure is investigated. Tetramethoxy-aminorhodamine (TMARh) is found to show superior pH switching compared to the rhodamine without the four methoxy groups, owing to changed properties of the dark "off" state and increased fluorescence intensity in the protonated "on" state.

