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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Biosyst. 2012 Oct;8(10):2523–2526. doi: 10.1039/c2mb25099c

Scheme 2.

Scheme 2

Synthesis of BI-BODIPY. Reaction and conditions: (i) t-butyl 4-((1R,4R)-4-aminocyclohexyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate, HBTU, DIEA, DMF, 25 °C; (ii) TFA, DCM, 25 °C; (iii) 3-(2-carboxyethyl)-5,5-difluoro-7,9-dimethyl-5H-dipyrrolo[1,2-c:2',1'-f][1,3,2]diazaborinin-4-ium-5-uide (BODIPY-acid), DCC, DMAP, THF, 0–25 °C.