Patent ID: 8562945

Claim:
A compound represented by one of the following formulas: R t is H, a C 1 -C 8 alkyl group, an ammonium ion, an alkali metal ion or an alkaline earth metal ion; R 84 is unsubstituted alkyl; R is H, a substituted or unsubstituted hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, thioalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, heteroaralkyl, hydroxyacyl, thioacyl, alkylketo, aminoalkoxylalkyl, boratoalkyl, phosphonatoalkyl, phosphinatoalkyl, (CH 2 ) 4 CH(NH 2 )CO 2 H, (CH 2 ) 3 CH(NH 2 )CO 2 H, (CH 2 ) 2 CH(NH 2 )CO 2 H, C(O)CH 2 (CH)NH 2 CO 2 H, C(O)(CH 2 ) 2 (CH)NH 2 CO 2 H, (C≡C)(CH 2 ) 2 CH(NH 2 )CO 2 H, (CH═CH)(CH 2 ) 2 CHNH 2 CO 2 H, (CH 2 ) 2 (CHOH)(CH 2 )CHNH 2 CO 2 H or (CH 2 )(CHOH)(CH 2 ) 2 CHNH 2 CO 2 H, (CO 2 H) 2 , —CO 2 H, —(CH 2 ) d —R 80 , —C(O)(CH 2 ) d —R 80 , unsubstituted alkyl, or an amino acid radical; R 80 is independently for each occurrence carboxaldehyde, carboxylate, carboxamido, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, ammonium, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl, polycyclyl, amino acid, CH 2 CH 2 OCH 2 CH 3 , CH 2 C(OCH 3 ) 2 , (CH 2 CH 2 O) d CH 2 CH 3 , (CH 2 ) d NH 2 , (CH 2 ) d C(O)NH 2 , (CH 2 ) d N(CH 3 ) 2 , CH 2 CH 2 OH, (CH 2 ) d C(CO 2 H) 2 , (CH 2 ) d P(O)(OH) 2 , (CH 2 ) d B(OH) 2 , peptide, a ligand for a G-protein-coupled receptor, a ligand for a oxoreductase, a ligand for a transferase, a ligand for a hydrolase, a ligand for a ligase, a ligand for a osomerase, a ligand for a direct ligand-gated channel receptor, a ligand for a cytokine receptor, a ligand for a integrin receptor, a ligand for a tyrosine kinase associated receptor, a ligand for a peptide receptor, or a ligand for a transmembrane receptor; d is an integer in the range 0 to 12; and R 82 , R 83 , R 85 , and R 86 are each independently H, halogen, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, hydroxyl, alkoxyl, acyl, acyloxy, acylamino, silyloxy, amino, mono alkylamino, dialkylamino, nitro, sulfhydryl, alkylthio, imino, amido, phosphoryl, phosphonate, phosphine, carbonyl, carboxyl, carboxamide, anhydride, silyl, thioalkyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, selenoalkyl, ketone, aldehyde, ether, ester, heteroalkyl, cyano, guanidine, amidine, acetal, ketal, amine oxide, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, arylether, heteroaralkyl, azido, aziridine, carbamoyl, epoxide, hydroxamic acid, imide, oxime, sulfonamide, thioamide, thiocarbamate, urea, thiourea, —(CH 2 ) d —R 80 , (CH 2 ) d (CO 2 H) 2 , CH 2 CH 2 OCH 2 CH 3 , CH 2 C(OCH 3 ) 2 , (CH 2 CH 2 O) d CH 2 CH 3 , (CH 2 ) d NH 2 , (CH 2 ) d C(O)NH 2 , (CH 2 ) d N(CH 3 ) 2 , CH 2 CH 2 OH, (CH 2 ) n C(CO 2 H) 2 , (CH 2 ) d P(O)(OH) 2 , (CH 2 ) d B(OH) 2 , —(CH 2 ) d —R 80 , (CH 2 ) d R 87 , or —(CH 2 ) d —R 88 ; and R 87 and R 88 are each independently 15-Crown-5, 18-Crown-6, tetrazole, oxazole, aziridine, triazole, imidazole, pyrazole, thiazole, hydroxamic acid, phosphonate, phosphinate, thiol, thioether, polysacharride, sacharride, nucleotide or oligonucleotide.