Inventors:
Scott C. Benson - Alameda CA
Steven M. Menchen - Fremont CA
Peter D. Theisen - Reno NV
Kevin M. Hennessey - San Mateo CA
Vergine C. Furniss - San Mateo CA
Joan Hauser - Oakland CA
Assignee:
Applera Corporation - Foster City CA
International Classification:
C07H 1904
US Classification:
536 266, 536 2534, 549223, 549224, 544105
Abstract:
A class of asymmetric monobenzoxanthene compounds useful as fluorescent dyes are disclosed having the structure wherein Y and Y are individually hydroxyl, amino, imminium, or oxygen, R -R are hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, alkyl, alkene, alkyne, sulfonate, amino, amido, nitrile, alkoxy, linking group, and combinations thereof and R is acetylene, alkane, alkene, cyano, substituted phenyl, and combinations thereof. The invention further includes novel intermediate compounds useful for the synthesis of asymmetric benzoxanthene compounds having the general structure where substituents R -R correspond to like-referenced substituents in the structure of described above, and Y is hydroxyl or amine. In another aspect the invention includes methods for synthesizing the above dye compounds and intermediates. In yet another aspect, the present invention includes reagents labeled with the asymmetric benzoxanthene dye compounds, including deoxynucleotides, dideoxynucleotides, phosphoramidites, and polynucleotides.