Facile Derivatizations of Heptamethine Cyanine Dyes

Abstract
Treatment of dye 3 with sodium methoxide, morpholine, or diphenylphosphine gives the respective substituted derivatives 4, 5 and 6 in high yields. The reaction of 3 with sodium acetate followed by workup affords ketone 7 which is also obtained by demethylation of a methoxy derivative 4 under non-hydrolytic conditions.

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