A highly selective and sensitive fluorescent PET (photoinduced electron transfer) chemosensor for Zn(II)

Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson; T. Clive Lee; Raman Parkesh

doi:10.1039/B309569J

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A highly selective and sensitive fluorescent PET (photoinduced electron transfer) chemosensor for Zn(ii)†

Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson,*^a T. Clive Lee^b and Raman Parkesh^a

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^a Department of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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^b Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland

Abstract

The naphthalimide derivative 1 was designed as a fluorescence PET sensor for Zn(II); 1 showed excellent selectivity for Zn(II) at pH 7.4, even in the presence of other competitive cations, the emission, being pH independent above pH 3.5, was switched on upon Zn(II) recognition.

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Synthesis, experimental details and ¹H and ¹³C NMR for 1, 2 and 3. UV-Vis Zn(II) titrations, fluorescence titration for pH, Hg ²⁺ and Cd ²⁺ for 1 PDF (315K)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B309569J
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 11 Aug 2003
Accepted: 03 Sep 2003
First published: 05 Sep 2003

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Org. Biomol. Chem., 2003,1, 3265-3267

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T. Gunnlaugsson, T. C. Lee and R. Parkesh, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2003, 1, 3265 DOI: 10.1039/B309569J

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A highly selective and sensitive fluorescent PET (photoinduced electron transfer) chemosensor for Zn(ii)†

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