Koushik Acharyya and Partha Sarathi Mukherjee
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 15788-15791
DOI:
10.1039/C4CC06225F,
Communication
Dynamic covalent imine chemistry has been utilized to synthesize a fluorescent [3+2] self-assembled nanoscopic organic cage. The fluorescent nature of the reduced analogue of the cage was further exploited for the highly selective detection of the explosive picric acid (PA).