Abstract
Ratiometric fluorescent chemosensors based on the position of ring annulation of the naphthol-thiazole moiety for quantification of zinc ions in aqueous ethanol were synthesized and investigated. It was found that sensor 3 exhibited a remarkably large red shift of 140 nm in emission upon complexation with Zn2+. A TD-B3LYP/6-31G (d,p) calculation was performed to characterize the nature of the fluorescence behavior of sensor 3 upon Zn 2+ complexation. The combination of experimental and computational analyses provides a more complete understanding of the molecular level origin of these unique photophysical properties of this type of chemosensor.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 647-653 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Tetrahedron |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - 14 Jan 2012 |
Keywords
- Naphthol-thiazole
- Ratiometric fluorescence
- Ring annulation
- Zinc ion