Accepted Manuscript Folic acid conjugates with photosensitizers for cancer targeting in photodynamic therapy: synthesis and photophysical properties Aurélie Stallivieri, Ludovic Colombeau, Gulim Jetpisbayeva, Albert Moussaron, Bauyrzhan Myrzakhmetov, Philippe Arnoux, Samir Acherar, Régis Vanderesse, Céline Frochot PII: S0968-0896(16)30911-7 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2016.10.004 Reference: BMC 13331 To appear in: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Received Date: 27 July 2016 Revised Date: 14 September 2016 Accepted Date: 6 October 2016 Please cite this article as: Stallivieri, A., Colombeau, L., Jetpisbayeva, G., Moussaron, A., Myrzakhmetov, B., Arnoux, P., Acherar, S., Vanderesse, R., Frochot, C., Folic acid conjugates with photosensitizers for cancer targeting in photodynamic therapy: synthesis and photophysical properties, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry (2016), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2016.10.004 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.