Patent ID: 8889886

Claim:
A compound having the formula: wherein R f , R g , R h , and R i are members independently selected from halogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroalkyl and a bond to a carrier molecule; R c , and R d are independently selected from alkyl and heteroalkyl, substituted with a member selected from sulfonic acid, carboxylic acid, phosphonic acid, phosphoric acid and a bond to a carrier molecule; a and e are independently selected from the integers 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4, with the proviso that at least one member selected from a and e is 2 or greater, such that when a is 2 or greater, each R a is independently selected, and when e is 2 or greater, each R e is independently selected; wherein when a is 2 or greater, ring A is selected from phenyl substituted at least at the 4- and 6-positions with a R a , and substituted or unsubstituted napthyl; and when e is 2 or greater, ring E is selected from phenyl substituted at least at the 4- and 6-positions with e R e , and substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl; Q is a member selected from: wherein n is selected from the integers from 1 to 3; R a and R e , are independently selected from C(O)R 9 , OR 12 , NR 12 R 13 , CR 12 C(O)R 13 , NR 12 C(O) 2 R 13 , SO 3 H, and C(O)NR 12 R 13 , substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl, a bond to a carrier molecule and a ring structure formed by joining a member selected from two R a moieties together with the atoms they are attached, two R e moieties together with the atoms they are attached, and a combination thereof, to form said ring structure, which is a member selected from a substituted or unsubstituted aryl and a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl wherein R 9 is a member selected from OR 10 , and NH(CH 2 ) t OR 11 wherein R 10 is a member selected from H and substituted or unsubstituted alkyl; t is selected from the integers from 1 to 12; R 11 is a member selected from H, and wherein u is selected from the integers from 1 to 8; and Y is a nucleobase; and R 12 and R 13 are members independently selected from H, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl substituted or unsubstituted heterocycloalkyl and a bond to a carrier molecule, wherein, when R a , R c , R d , R e , R f , R g , R h , and R i are selected from substituted or unsubstituted alkyl and substituted or unsubstituted heteroalkyl, one or more of R a , R c , R d , R e , R f , R g , R h , R i is optionally bound to a carrier molecule.