Abstract
Two new reactive and highly selective turn-on fluorescent chemosensors based on the position of ring annulation of the naphthalene-thiazole moiety for aluminum ions in ethanol, were synthesized and investigated. It was found that sensors 2 and 4 exhibited a remarkable enhancement of emission upon complexation with Al3+. A TD-B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) calculation was performed to characterize the nature of the fluorescence behavior of sensors 2 and 4 upon Al3+ complexation. The mechanism of fluorescence was based on the cation promoted hydrolysis of ester and subsequent complexation. The combination of experimental and computational analyses provides a more complete understanding of the molecular level origin of these types of unique photophysical properties.
Original language | English |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 9600-9608 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Tetrahedron |
Volume | 69 |
Issue number | 46 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 18 Nov 2013 |
Keywords
- Al-promoted hydrolysis
- Al-selective
- Fluorescent chemosensor
- Regioisomeric naphthol-thiazole
- Turn-on