A sensitive and selective ratiometric near IR fluorescent probe for zinc ions based on the distyryl-bodipy fluorophore

Atilgan, Serdar; Ozdemir, Tugba; AKKAYA, Engin

doi:10.1021/ol801554t

A sensitive and selective ratiometric near IR fluorescent probe for zinc ions based on the distyryl-bodipy fluorophore

Atilgan S., Ozdemir T., AKKAYA E. U.

ORGANIC LETTERS, vol.10, no.18, pp.4065-4067, 2008 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 10 Issue: 18
Publication Date: 2008
Doi Number: 10.1021/ol801554t
Title of Journal : ORGANIC LETTERS
Page Numbers: pp.4065-4067

Abstract

A novel distyryl-substituted boradiazaindacene (bodipy) dye with an emission peak moving hypsochromically from 730 to 680 nm on Zn(II) ion binding seems to be promising as one of the very few water-soluble fluorescent chemosensors emitting in the near IR region.