Issue 47, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Highly selective fluorescent recognition of histidine by a crown ether–terpyridine–Zn(ii) sensor†

Jiao Du,a   Zeng Huang,a   Xiao-Qi Yu*a  and  Lin Pu*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
E-mail: lp6n@virginia.edu, xqyu@scu.edu.cn

b Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Abstract

A Zn(II) complex was found to exhibit greatly enhanced fluorescence in the presence of histidine but not in the presence of any other amino acids including cysteine. This sensor could also distinguish histidine from other imidazole derivatives.

Graphical abstract: Highly selective fluorescent recognition of histidine by a crown ether–terpyridine–Zn(ii) sensor

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC42081G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Mar 2013
Accepted
23 Apr 2013
First published
24 Apr 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 5399-5401

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Highly selective fluorescent recognition of histidine by a crown ether–terpyridine–Zn(II) sensor

J. Du, Z. Huang, X. Yu and L. Pu, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 5399 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC42081G

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