decylubiquinone (dQ), potassium ferrocyanide,
FcMeOH, LDAO, Cytochrome c from horse heart (Cyt c3+, i.e., in the oxidized state), and methanol
were purchased from Sigma.
purchased from Thermo Fisher Scientific. All reagents and solvents
for the synthesis of hCy2 and hCy2-NHS were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich.
Dye847 (847 refers to its maximum absorption in methanol) was from
Crysta-Lyn Chemical Company (Binghamton, NY, USA). All aqueous solutions
were prepared using water purified by the Milli-Q Gradient A-10 system
(Millipore, 18.2 MΩ cm, organic carbon content ≤ 4 μg/L).
Pre-coated thin-layer chromatography (TLC)-plates RP-18/UV254 by Macherey-Nagel
Gmbh & Co with silica gel C-18 layer of 0.15 and 0.25 mm were
used for analytical and preparative TLC, respectively. CombiFlash
Rf+ chromatograph equipped with a 50 g gold reverse phase
C-18 column was used for purification of cyanine molecules. High-resolution
mass spectra were recorded by a Shimadzu high-performance liquid chromatography-ion
trap-time of flight mass spectrometer (LCMS-IT-TOF). 1H
NMR and 13C NMR spectra were recorded at 500 and 125 MHz,
respectively, using an Agilent Technologies 500/54 Premium Shielded
spectrometer.