Issue 86, 2017

Acid/base-controllable fluorescent molecular switches based on cryptands and basic N-heteroaromatics

Abstract

Two kinds of fluorescent BMP32C10-based cryptands 1 and 2 have been developed. Cryptand 1 contains a binaphthol group, while cryptand 2 bears a coumarin group in their third arms. Based on this design, novel self-assemblies constructed from cryptand 1 or 2 and basic N-heteroaromatic guests 3–6 were successfully obtained. Moreover, the threading/dethreading processes of the host–guest complexes could be well switched by the alternate addition of acid/base, and accompanied by concurrent changes in fluorescence.

Graphical abstract: Acid/base-controllable fluorescent molecular switches based on cryptands and basic N-heteroaromatics

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 9 2017
Accepted
11 10 2017
First published
11 10 2017

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 11838-11841

Acid/base-controllable fluorescent molecular switches based on cryptands and basic N-heteroaromatics

M. Cheng, J. Zhang, X. Ren, S. Guo, T. Xiao, X. Hu, J. Jiang and L. Wang, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 11838 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC07469G

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