Issue 39, 2011
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Chemical Communications

A ‘chemically-gated’ photoresponsive compound as a visible detector for organophosphorus nerve agents†

Farahnaz Nourmohammadian,‡a   Tuoqi Wua  and  Neil R. Branda*a  

* Corresponding authors

a 4D LABS, Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada
E-mail: nbranda@sfu.ca
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Abstract

We describe a versatile and convenient visible detection method for organophosphorus compounds based on a colorless ‘pro-photoresponsive’ organic molecule that undergoes photochemical ring-closing to produce a colored isomer only after it reacts with vapors of the phosphorylating agent.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC13685B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Jun 2011
Accepted
15 Aug 2011
First published
08 Sep 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 10954-10956

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A ‘chemically-gated’ photoresponsive compound as a visible detector for organophosphorus nerve agents

F. Nourmohammadian, T. Wu and N. R. Branda, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 10954 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC13685B

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