Patent ID: 7569695
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: C07D,C07H,C07K,C09B

Abstract:
1. A dye having the formula: wherein X comprises CR wherein n can be 0, 1, 2 or 3; wherein Y is —CR wherein m and p can have values of 0 or 1 and m+p=1; wherein at least one of R wherein Q(1) comprises a sulfonate ester (SO wherein Q(1) is attached directly, or indirectly through a linker arm comprising carbon, sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen, or any combinations thereof, wherein said linker arm may be saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted, or any combinations thereof and wherein when Q(1) is a sulfonamide, it does not comprise a terminal reactive group or a linker joining the dye to a target molecule; wherein Q(2) comprises a sulfoxide (SOR wherein Q(2) is attached directly, or indirectly through a linker arm comprising carbon, sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen, or any combinations thereof and wherein said linker arm may be saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted or any combinations thereof, and wherein when Q(2) is a sulfonamide, it does not comprise a terminal reactive group or a linker joining the dye to a target molecule; wherein R wherein R wherein Z comprises a carboxyl group (CO and wherein any of R