pH-responsive fluorescent false neurotransmitters and their use

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9075014-B2
Application number	US-201113575535-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 28, 2011
Priority date	Jan 29, 2010
Publication date	Jul 7, 2015
Grant date	Jul 7, 2015

Abstract

This invention relates to compounds having the following structure:

wherein Y is O, X is O, bond α is absent and bond β is present, or Y is H, X is CH, bond α is present, and bond β is absent; atom Z is a carbon and bonds χ, δ and γ are present, or atom Z is a nitrogen and bonds χ, δ and γ are absent, or atom Z is a nitrogen and bonds χ and δ are present and γ is absent. R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , and R 6 are various substituents as described in the specification.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A compound having the following structure:

wherein
Y is O, X is O, bond α is absent and bond β is present;
atom Z is a carbon and bonds χ, δ and γ are present;
R 1 is —OH or —O − ;
R 2 is —H, halogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl;
R 3 is —H, —OH, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or halogen; or
R 1 is H, a…

Assignees

• Sames Dalibor
• Sulzer David
• Lee Minhee
• Gubernator Niko
• Univ Columbia

Inventors

• Sames Dalibor
• Sulzer David
• Lee Minhee
• Gubernator Niko

Classifications

• G01N21/6486 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• C07D311/16 Primary

  Chemistry & Metallurgy · mapped topic