A single chemosensor for multiple analytes: Fluorogenic detection of Zn2+ and OAc- ions in aqueous solution, and an application to bioimaging

  • Gyeong Jin Park
  • , Yu Jeong Na
  • , Hyun Yong Jo
  • , Seul Ah Lee
  • , Ah Ram Kim
  • , Insup Noh
  • , Cheal Kim

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Abstract

A new highly selective and sensitive chemosensor 1 for both Zn2+ and OAc- with off-on fluorescence behavior in aqueous solution was developed. The selectivity mechanism of 1 for zinc is based on a combinational effect of the inhibition of excited-state intramolecular proton transfer and CN isomerization, and chelation-enhanced fluorescence. As a practical application, in vitro studies with fibroblasts showed fluorescence in the presence of both the receptor 1 and Zn2+. Moreover, the deprotonated 1 can behave as a chemosensing system for turn-on detection of OAc- in preference over various other anions tested. Therefore, 1 can serve as 'one sensor for multiple analytes'. This journal is

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2587-2594
Number of pages8
JournalNew Journal of Chemistry
Volume38
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2014

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