| abstract |
A compound represented by the formula (I) (R 1 represents hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent; R 2 and R 3 represent hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a halogen atom; R 4 and R 5 represent an alkyl group or an aryl group; R 6 and R 7 represent hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a halogen atom; R 8 represent hydroxy group or a dialkoxyboranetriyl group; and X represents silicon atom, germanium atom, or tin atom), which is a novel fluorophore usable as a mother nucleus of an off/on type fluorescent probe not utilizing the intramolecular photoinduced electron transfer. |