Abstract
(Chemical Equation Presented) A CuII-sensing, ratiometric, and selective fluorescent sensor 1, N-butyl-4,5-di[(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amino]-1,8- naphthalimide, was designed and synthesized on the basis of the mechanism of internal charge transfer (ICT). In aqueous ethanol solutions of 1, the presence of CuII induces the formation of a 1:1 metal-ligand complex, which exhibits a strong, increasing fluorescent emission centered at 475 nm at the expense of the fluorescent emission of 1 centered at 525 nm.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 889-892 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Organic Letters |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| State | Published - 3 Mar 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |