Product Description: BDP R6G carboxylic acid is a borondipyrromethene dye (Excitation: 530 nM; Emission: 548 nM). BDP R6G carboxylic acid terminal carboxylic acid can react with primary amine groups in the presence of activators to form a stable amide bond, for subsequent labeling reactions like Steglich esterification[1].
Formula: C18H15BF2N2O2
References: [1]Hama Y, et al. Targeted optical imaging of cancer cells using lectin-binding BODIPY conjugated avidin. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2006 Sep 29;348(3):807-13.