Novel fluorescence sensor for ‘small’ saccharides

Abstract

The small binding pocket of compound 2 can exclude ‘large’ saccharides such as D-glucose, whereas ‘small’ saccharides such as D-sorbitol are strongly bound as 1:1 complexes; the binding events can be sensitively monitored by changes in the fluorescence intensity.

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