Jiaoliang Wang, Weiying Lin, Lin Yuan, Jizeng Song and Wensha Gao
Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 12506-12508
DOI:
10.1039/C1CC15086C,
Communication
We have designed and synthesized the highly selective and reversible fluorescent chemosensor 1 for Au3+ by modifications on the fluorescent copper chemodosimeter 2, and we have further demonstrated that chemosensor 1 could be employed to image Au3+ in living cells.