@article { ISI:000363666000023,
	title = {Highly emissive organic solids with remarkably broad color tunability based on N,C-chelate, four-coordinate organoborons},
	journal = {Chemical Communications},
	volume = {51},
	number = {89},
	year = {2015},
	month = {SEP},
	pages = {16115-16118},
	publisher = {ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY},
	address = {THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, SCIENCE PARK, MILTON RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 0WF, CAMBS, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>Molecular fluorophores based on N,C-chelate, four-coordinate organo-borons exhibit tunable solid-state emission colors that cover the whole visible region from blue to red. The emission color can be tuned through the substituents on either quinolines or the boron center.</p>},
	issn = {1359-7345},
	doi = {10.1039/c5cc06351e},
	author = {Shaikh, Aslam C. and Ranade, Dnyanesh S. and Thorat, Shridhar and Maity, Arunava and Kulkarni, Prasad P. and Gonnade, Rajesh G. and Munshi, Parthapratim and Patil, Nitin T.}
}
@article {42843,
	title = {Oxidative intramolecular 1,2-amino-oxygenation of alkynes under Au(I)/Au(III)-catalysis: discovery of pyridinium-oxazole dyad as novel lonic fluorophore},
	journal = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition},
	year = {2016},
	month = {JAN},
	doi = {10.1002/anie.201609335R1},
	author = {Shaikh, Aslam C. and Ranade, Dnyanesh S. and Rajamohanan, Pattuparambil R. and Kulkarni, Prasad P. and Patil, Nitin T.}
}
@article {43482,
	title = {Oxidative intramolecular 1,2-amino-oxygenation of alkynes under Au-I/Au-III catalysis: discovery of a pyridinium-oxazole dyad as an ionic fluorophore},
	journal = {Angewandte Chemie-International Edition},
	volume = {56},
	year = {2017},
	month = {JAN},
	pages = {757-761},
	abstract = {Oxidative intramolecular 1,2-amino-oxygenation reactions, combining gold(I)/gold(III) catalysis, is reported. The reaction provides efficient access to a structurally unique ionic pyridinium-oxazole dyad with tunable emission wavelengths. The application of these fluorophores as potential biomarkers has been investigated.},
	doi = {10.1002/anie.201609335},
	author = {Shaikh, Aslam C. and Ranade, Dnyanesh S. and Rajamohanan, Pattuparambil R. and Kulkarni, Prasad P. and Patil, Nitin T.}
}
@article {46192,
	title = {Ionic pyridinium-oxazole dyads: design, synthesis, and application in mitochondrial imaging},
	journal = {Journal of Organic Chemistry},
	volume = {84},
	year = {2019},
	month = {FEB },
	pages = {1766-1777},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>We recently developed an oxidative intramolecular 1,2-amino-oxygenation reaction, combining gold(I)/gold(III) catalysis, for accessing structurally unique ionic pyridinium-oxazole dyads (PODs) with tunable emission wavelengths. On further investigation, these fluorophores turned out to be potential biomarkers; in particular, the one containing -NMe2 functionality (NMe2-POD) was highly selective for mitochondrial imaging. Of note, because of mitochondria{\textquoteright}s involvement in early-stage apoptosis and degenerative conditions, tracking the dynamics of mitochondrial morphology with such imaging technology has attracted much interest. Along this line, we wanted to build a library of such PODs which are potential mitochondria trackers. However, Au/Selecfluor, our first-generation catalyst system, suffers from undesired fluorination of electronically rich PODs resulting in an inseparable mixture (1:1) of the PODs and their fluorinated derivatives. In our attempt to search for a better alternative to circumvent this issue, we developed a second-generation approach for the synthesis of PODs by employing Cu(II)/PhI(OAC)(2)-mediated oxidative 1,2-amino-oxygenation of alkynes. Thes newly synthesized PODs exhibit tunable emissions as well as excellent quantum efficiency up to 0.96. Further, this powerful process gives rapid access to a library of NMe2-PODs which are potential mitochondrial imaging agents. Out of the library, the randomly chosen POD-3g was studied for cell-imaging experiments which showed high mitochondrial specificity, superior photostability, and appreciable tolerance to microenvironment changes with respect to commercially available MitoTracker green.</p>
},
	issn = {0022-3263},
	doi = {10.1021/acs.joc.8b02528},
	author = {Shaikh, Aslam C. and Varma, Mokshada E. and Mule, Ravindra D. and Banerjee, Somsuvra and Kulkarni, Prasad P. and Patil, Nitin T.}
}
