Issue 15, 2011
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Chemical Communications

An OFF–ON fluorescent probe for Zn2+ based on a GFP-inspired imidazolone derivative attached to a 1,10-phenanthroline moiety†

Yang Li,a   Lei Shi,a   Li-Xia Qin,a   Lu-Lu Qu,a   Chao Jing,a   Minbo Lan,a   Tony D. Jamesb  and  Yi-Tao Long*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry & Department of Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
E-mail: ytlong@ecust.edu.cn
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b Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, UK

Abstract

A green fluorescent protein chromophore inspired chemosenor for Zn2+ was designed and synthesized. A Zn2+ specific fluorescence enhancement was observed due to restricted rotation between the 1,10-phenanthroline and imidazolone moieties.

Graphical abstract: An OFF–ON fluorescent probe for Zn2+ based on a GFP-inspired imidazolone derivative attached to a 1,10-phenanthroline moiety

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC10210A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Jan 2011
Accepted
16 Feb 2011
First published
07 Mar 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 4361-4363

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An OFF–ON fluorescent probe for Zn2+ based on a GFP-inspired imidazolone derivative attached to a 1,10-phenanthroline moiety

Y. Li, L. Shi, L. Qin, L. Qu, C. Jing, M. Lan, T. D. James and Y. Long, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 4361 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC10210A

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