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Chemical Communications

A pyridinyl-functionalized tetraphenylethylene fluorogen for specific sensing of trivalent cations†

Xiujuan Chen,a   Xiao Yuan Shen,a   Erjia Guan,a   Yi Liu,a   Anjun Qin,a   Jing Zhi Sun*a  and  Ben Zhong Tang*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a MoE Key Laboratory of Macromolecule Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
E-mail: sunjz@zju.edu.cn
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b Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Study, State Key Laboratory of Molecular NeuroScience, and Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, Kowloon, China
E-mail: tangbenz@ust.hk
Fax: +86 852-23581594
Tel: +86 852-23587375

Abstract

A pyridinyl-functionalized tetraphenylethene (Py-TPE) was synthesized and it demonstrated colorimetric and ratiometric fluorescent responses to trivalent metal cations (M3+, M = Cr, Fe, Al) over a variety of mono- and divalent metal cations.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC38246F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Nov 2012
Accepted
04 Jan 2013
First published
04 Jan 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 1503-1505

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A pyridinyl-functionalized tetraphenylethylene fluorogen for specific sensing of trivalent cations

X. Chen, X. Y. Shen, E. Guan, Y. Liu, A. Qin, J. Z. Sun and B. Z. Tang, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 1503 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC38246F

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