“…A second Sonogashira coupling of (1S,2S,4S,6S)-16 with N-dansylpropargylamine, followed by removal of the bpy ligand, [4] gave steroid-PdTH-dye conjugate 17 in 53 % yield (see Scheme 7), which unfortunately showed only weak fluorescence. To overcome this problem, the stereoisomers of 5 m were transesterified with 6-bromohexanol, which led to enantiomerically pure (1S,2S,4S,6S)-5 r and (1R,2R,4R,6R)-5 r (Table 2, entry 4).…”