A Sensitive and Selective Ratiometric Near IR Fluorescent Probe for Zinc Ions Based on the Distyryl−Bodipy Fluorophore

Atılgan, Serdar; Özdemir, Tuğba; U. Akkaya, Engin

doi:10.1021/ol801554t

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A Sensitive and Selective Ratiometric Near IR Fluorescent Probe for Zinc Ions Based on the Distyryl−Bodipy Fluorophore

Published in Organic Letters • Aug 15, 2008

Authors:

Serdar Atılgan

Tuğba Özdemir

Engin U. Akkaya

Abstract

A novel distyryl-substituted boradiazaindacene (bodipy) dye with an emission peak moving hypsochromically from 730 to 680 nm on Zn(II) ion binding seems to be promising as one of the very few water-soluble fluorescent chemosensors emitting in the near IR region.

Subject

Fluorophore

BODIPY

Chemistry

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