Colorimetric and ratiometric fluorescent chemosensor with a large red-shift in emission: Cu(II)-only sensing by deprotonation of secondary amines as receptor conjugated to naphthalimide fluorophore

  • Zhaochao Xu
  • , Xuhong Qian*
  • , Jingnan Cui
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

(Chemical Equation Presented) A new fluorescent probe N-butyl-4,5-di[2- (phenylamino)ethylamino]-1,8-naphthalimide 1 senses only Cu(II) among heavy and transition metal (HTM) ions by means of a colorimetric (primrose yellow to pink) method with a large red-shift in emission (green to red) attributed to the deprotonation of the secondary amines as a receptor conjugated to the naphthalimide fluorophore.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3029-3032
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume7
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Jul 2005
Externally publishedYes

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