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Rhodamine-pyrene conjugated chemosensors for ratiometric detection of Hg2+ ions: Different sensing behavior between a spirolactone and a spirothiolactone
Chu, Kai-Hui,Zhou, Yi,Fang, Yuan,Wang, Li-Hong,Li, Ju-Ying,Yao, Cheng
, p. 339 - 346 (2013)
Two novel rhodamine-pyrene conjugated chemosensors were successfully designed and synthesized, which exhibited high affinity to Hg2+ ions. As ratiometric chemosensors, each displayed highly selective and sensitive colorimetric and fluorogenic dual-responses toward Hg2+. The comparison of two chemosensors indicated that the spirothiolactone containing sensor was superior to the spirolactone analog in sensing behavior when detecting Hg2+, presumably due to the thiophilic nature of mercury and the different sensing mechanisms in operation. Upon interaction with Hg 2+, the spirothiolactone showed a 1:1 stoichiometry for the Hg 2+ complex, accompanied with a weakened fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) behavior. However, the spirolactone was hydrolyzed and consequently induced the monomer-excimer switch of the resulted pyrene in the presence of Hg2+ ions.