An efficient sensor for Zn2+ and Cu2+ based on different binding modes

Jie Jiang; Huie Jiang; Xiaoliang Tang; Lizi Yang; Wei Dou; Weisheng Liu; Ran Fang; Wei Liu

doi:10.1039/C1DT10144G

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An efficient sensor for Zn²⁺ and Cu²⁺ based on different binding modes†

Jie Jiang,^a Huie Jiang,^a Xiaoliang Tang,^a Lizi Yang,^a Wei Dou,^a Weisheng Liu,*^a Ran Fang^a and Wei Liu^a

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^a Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province and State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, P. R. China
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Abstract

An efficient sensor for Zn²⁺ and Cu²⁺ was designed based on different binding modes. The sensor displays ratiometric signals for Zn²⁺, due to the Zn²⁺-triggered amide tautomerization; while dual-mode selective behaviors for Cu²⁺ result from the deprotonation of the amide tautomer.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C1DT10144G
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 25 Jan 2011
Accepted: 18 Apr 2011
First published: 16 May 2011

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Dalton Trans., 2011,40, 6367-6370

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An efficient sensor for Zn²⁺ and Cu²⁺ based on different binding modes

J. Jiang, H. Jiang, X. Tang, L. Yang, W. Dou, W. Liu, R. Fang and W. Liu, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 6367 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10144G

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