Abstract
Various fluorescein derivatives were examined as fluorescent pH sensors. Fluorescein derivatives bearing benzylic amine moieties displayed opposite fluorescent changes compared to those of simple fluorescein derivatives upon pH changes. Photo-induced electron transfer (PET) mechanism controls the fluorescent changes of these derivatives. In this Letter, modulations of pK a values were successfully demonstrated through variations of substituent groups.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2340-2343 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
Volume | 52 |
Issue number | 18 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 4 May 2011 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF) ( 2010-0018895 ), the Converging Research Center Program through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology ( 2010K001202 ). Mass spectral data were obtained from the Korea Basic Science Institute (Daegu) on a Jeol JMS 700 high resolution mass spectrometer.