A turn-on fluorescent Fe3+ sensor derived from an anthracene-bearing bisdiene macrocycle and its intracellular imaging application

Lin Qiu; Chengcheng Zhu; Huachao Chen; Ming Hu; Weijiang He; Zijian Guo

doi:10.1039/C3CC49482A

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A turn-on fluorescent Fe³⁺ sensor derived from an anthracene-bearing bisdiene macrocycle and its intracellular imaging application†

Lin Qiu,^ab Chengcheng Zhu,^a Huachao Chen,^a Ming Hu,^a Weijiang He*^a and Zijian Guo*^a

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^a State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry Institute, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China
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^b School of pharmaceutical engineering and life science, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, P. R. China

Abstract

Integrating N²-hydroxyethyldiethylenetriamine with anthracene gives a [2+2] macrocycle fluorescent sensor. This sensor displays an instant/reversible turn-on response specific to Fe³⁺, which allows facile visualization of the Fe³⁺/Fe²⁺ transition and intracellular Fe³⁺ imaging.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC49482A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 14 Dec 2013
Accepted: 07 Mar 2014
First published: 11 Mar 2014

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Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 4631-4634

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A turn-on fluorescent Fe³⁺ sensor derived from an anthracene-bearing bisdiene macrocycle and its intracellular imaging application

L. Qiu, C. Zhu, H. Chen, M. Hu, W. He and Z. Guo, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 4631 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49482A

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