New regioisomeric naphthol-thiazole based 'turn-on' fluorescent chemosensor for Al3+

Aasif Helal, Hyun Gon Kim, Manik Kumer Ghosh, Cheol Ho Choi, Sung Hong Kim, Hong Seok Kim

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9600-9608
Number of pages9
JournalTetrahedron
Volume69
Issue number46
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Nov 2013

Keywords

  • Al-promoted hydrolysis
  • Al-selective
  • Fluorescent chemosensor
  • Regioisomeric naphthol-thiazole
  • Turn-on

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