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A highly selective ratiometric fluorescent probe for 1,4-dithiothreitol (DTT) detection

  • Baocun Zhu
  • , Xiaoling Zhang*
  • , Hongying Jia
  • , Yamin Li
  • , Haipeng Liu
  • , Weihong Tan
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beijing Institute of Technology
  • CAS - Institute of Chemistry
  • University of Florida

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Abstract

A highly selective ratiometric fluorescent probe, which contains an aminonaphthalimide fluorophore and a self-immolative spacer for 1,4-dithiothreitol (DTT) detection was designed and synthesized. The probe displays a 66 nm red-shift of fluorescence emission and the color changes from colorless to jade-green upon reaction with DTT. These properties are mechanistically ascribed to the strong reducing capability of DTT.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1650-1654
Number of pages5
JournalOrganic and Biomolecular Chemistry
Volume8
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

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