Syusuke Egoshi, Kosuke Dodo, Kenji Ohgane and Mikiko Sodeoka
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2021,19, 8232-8236
DOI:
10.1039/D1OB01479J,
Communication
Alkynes were employed as tags to observe small molecules in cells by Raman microscopy. Herein, simple deuteration was found to shift the vibrational frequency of the alkyne by 135 cm−1. Two-color Raman imaging of D-alkynes and H-alkynes made it possible to distinguish between and observe similar small molecules in live cells.