A new selective and sensitive fluorescence turn-on detection of CN− is reported by taking advantage of aggregation induced-emission (AIE) behavior of tetraphenylethylene units and the nucleophilic attack of CN− on the indolium group in compound 1.
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A highly selective fluorescence turn-on detection of cyanide based on the aggregation of tetraphenylethylene molecules induced by chemical reaction
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Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Organic Solids Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 12195-12197
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC37094H
Received 29 Sep 2012, Accepted 01 Nov 2012
First published online 01 Nov 2012
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