“…All the other solvents and reagents were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA). Reagents were added to a round-bottom flask in the following order: Cy5 dicarboxylate (22.3 mg, 0.03 mmol) [34], boronate (18.6 mg, 0.03 mmol) [35,36,37,38], N -(3-Dimethylaminopropyl)- N ′-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC, 8.9 mg, 0.045 mmol, Sigma), 1-Hydroxybenzotriazole hydrate (HOBt, 6.9 mg, 0.045 mmol, Sigma), N , N -Dimethylformamide (DMF, 2 mL, Sigma, HPLC), and pyridine (32 μL, Sigma, St. Louis, MO, USA) were stirred with a magnetic bar overnight and then purified with C18 Reversed Phase LC Column (00G-4253-P0-AX, Phenomenex (Torrance, CA, USA), Luna ® 10 µm C18(2) 100 Å, LC Column 250 × 21.2 mm, water/acetonitrile: 90/10 to 10/90, 20 min, ultrapure water and HPLC acetonitrile (Sigma, St. Louis, MO, USA)). The product fractions eluting between 22.5 min and 25 min were collected, frozen, lyophilized to a green powder, and stored at −80 °C.…”