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A fluorescent chemosensor for Hg2+ and Cd2+ ions in aqueous medium under physiological ph and its applications in imaging living cells
Maity, Shubhra B.,Banerjee, Saikat,Sunwoo, Kyoung,Kim, Jong Seung,Bharadwaj, Parimal K.
, p. 3929 - 3936 (2015)
A new BODIPY derivative with 2,2-(ethane-1,2-diylbis(oxy))bis(N,N-bis(pyridine-2-ylmethyl)aniline unit as the metal receptor has been designed and synthesized. The dye selectively detects either Cd2+ or Hg2+ ions in the presence of hosts of other biologically important and environmentally relevant metal ions in aqueous medium at physiological pH. Binding of metal ions causes a change in the emission behavior of the dye from weakly fluorescent to highly fluorescent. Confocal microscopic experiments validate that the dye can be used to identify changes in either Hg2+ or Cd2+ levels in living cells.