Abstract
A practical synthesis for 6,8-difluoro-7-hydroxycoumarin-3-carboxylic acid – one of the most widely used coumarin fluorescence imaging dye for bioconjugation – is reported. The synthesis was optimized for a preparative scale to obtain 14 g of the fluorescent coumaryl acid, 6,8-difluoro-7-hydroxycoumarin-3-carboxylic acid. Using this sequence, the preparation of its NHS ester requires a single chromatographic separation for a total of eight synthetic steps. Coupling of the key coumaryl NHS ester is also demonstrated with an unprotected hydroxyamine linker chain for further derivatization. This report provides a convenient access to the fluorinated dye for research labs as an alternative to currently cost-prohibitive commercial sources.
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