Issue 20, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Thiol-specific phosphorescent imaging in living cells with an azobis(2,2′-bipyridine)-bridged dinuclear iridium(iii) complex†

Guanying Li,a   Yu Chen,a   Jingheng Wu,a   Liangnian Jia  and  Hui Chao*a  

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a MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China
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Abstract

Based on an azo–thiol redox reaction, a non-emissive dinuclear iridium(III) complex showed off–on phosphorescent response toward thiols and was developed to image thiol levels in living cells.

Graphical abstract: Thiol-specific phosphorescent imaging in living cells with an azobis(2,2′-bipyridine)-bridged dinuclear iridium(iii) complex

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC38687B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Dec 2012
Accepted
24 Jan 2013
First published
25 Jan 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 2040-2042

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Thiol-specific phosphorescent imaging in living cells with an azobis(2,2′-bipyridine)-bridged dinuclear iridium(III) complex

G. Li, Y. Chen, J. Wu, L. Ji and H. Chao, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 2040 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC38687B

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