Electrochemical detection of saccharides by the redox cycle of a chiral ferrocenylboronic acid derivative: a novel method for sugar sensing
Abstract
A chiral ferrocenylboronic acid 1 bearing an intramolecular tertiary amine binds saccharides at ca. pH 7, the complexation event, which can be conveniently detected by an electrochemical method, shows chiral discrimination for certain linear saccharides.