Abstract
A new tetranaphthoimidazolium receptor was synthesized and reported to be a selective fluorescent chemosensor for phytate, myo-inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6). In a 100% aqueous solution at pH 7.4, chemosensor 1 showed a selective fluorescence enhancement for IP6 over IP3, phosphates, pyrophosphates, AMP, ADP and ATP. An excimer emission at 465 nm linearly increases in the range of 300 nM to 1 μM with a detection limit of 2.28 × 10−7 M. In addition, first live cell imaging of IP6 has been demonstrated by using a synthetic receptor.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5851-5853 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Chemical Communications |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 44 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 6 May 2014 |