Janelia Fluor® 549, free acid

Tocris Bioscience, part of Bio-Techne | Catalog # 6503

Yellow dye (Reactive group: free acid). Application: flow cytometry, confocal microscopy, super resolution microscopy (SRM) including dSTORM & STED. Suitable for live cell imaging
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Yellow dye (Reactive group: free acid). Application: flow cytometry, confocal microscopy, super resolution microscopy (SRM) including dSTORM & STED. Suitable for live cell imaging

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Product Description

Key Information: Janelia Fluor® 549, free acid is a yellow fluorescent dye; supplied with a free acid reactive group. Suitable for live cell imaging.

Application: Suitable for flow cytometry, confocal microscopy, super resolution microscopy (SRM) including dSTORM (in both live and fixed cells) and STED. Used in protocol (2017 Grimm et al - see references below) for the synthesis of Janelia Fluor® HaloTag® and SNAP-tag® ligands. Cell permeable.

Properties and Photophysical Data: Excitation and emission maxima (λ) are 549 nm and 571 nm, respectively; quantum yield = 0.88; extinction coefficient = 101,000 M-1cm-1, A280 correction factor = 0.169; lactone-zwitterion equilibrium constant (KL-Z) = 3.5.

Janelia Fluor® is a registered trademark of Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

HaloTag® is a registered trademark of Promega Corporation, and SNAP-tag® is a registered trademark of New England BioLabs, Inc.

Licensing Information

Sold under license from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus

Optical Data

Emission Color Yellow
Brightness
λabs 549 nm
λem 571 nm
Extinction Coefficient (ε) 101,000 M-1cm-1
Quantum Yield (φ) 0.88
Closest Laser line 532 nm
Reactive Group Free acid
Cell Permeable Yes
Correction Factor 280 0.169
Application Confocal Microscopy, dSTORM, STED, Flow Cytometry, Live-cell Imaging
Alternative For Alexa Fluor® 546, Alexa Fluor® 555, BDY TMR-X, Atto 550, CF 555, TAMRA, Cyanine 3

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Product Specifications

Molecular Weight

568.50

Formula

C27H22N2O5.C2HF3O2

Storage

Store at -20°C

Purity

≥90% (HPLC)

Chemical Name

3,6-Di-1-azetidinyl-9-(2,5-dicarboxyphenyl)xanthylium, inner salt trifluoroacetate

CAS Number

2245946-45-4

PubChem ID

137919862

InChI Key

GFUAWSMWTYTASE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

OC(C1=CC=C(C(C(C2=CC=C(C=C2OC3=C/4)N5CCC5)=C3C=CC4=[N+]6CCC/6)=C1)C([O-])=O)=O.FC(F)(F)C(O)=O

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Solubility

Solvent Max Conc. mg/mL Max Conc. mM
Solubility
DMSO 45.45 100

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The following data is based on the product molecular weight 568.50

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Concentration / Solvent Volume / Mass 1 mg 5 mg 10 mg
1 mM 1.76 mL 8.80 mL 17.59 mL
5 mM 0.35 mL 1.76 mL 3.52 mL
10 mM 0.18 mL 0.88 mL 1.76 mL
50 mM 0.04 mL 0.18 mL 0.35 mL

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