Issue 14, 2011

A new solvatochromic fluorophore for exploring nonpolar environments created by biopolymers

Abstract

The fluorescence of a new aminocyanonaphthalene exhibits exquisite sensitivity to its environment and responds to a solvent change from water to hexane with greater than a 100-fold increase in intensity and 100 nm shift in λmax.em. These properties should support many applications including the detection of abasic sites within duplex DNA as illustrated below.

Graphical abstract: A new solvatochromic fluorophore for exploring nonpolar environments created by biopolymers

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Nov 2010
Accepted
10 Feb 2011
First published
28 Feb 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 4222-4224

A new solvatochromic fluorophore for exploring nonpolar environments created by biopolymers

A. Fakhari M. and S. E. Rokita, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 4222 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04917D

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