Going beyond red with a tri- and tetracoordinate boron conjugate: intriguing near-IR optical properties and applications in anion sensing

Samir Kumar Sarkar; Sanjoy Mukherjee; Pakkirisamy Thilagar

doi:10.1021/ic402441w

Going beyond red with a tri- and tetracoordinate boron conjugate: intriguing near-IR optical properties and applications in anion sensing

Inorg Chem. 2014 Mar 3;53(5):2343-5. doi: 10.1021/ic402441w. Epub 2014 Feb 13.

Authors

Samir Kumar Sarkar¹, Sanjoy Mukherjee, Pakkirisamy Thilagar

Affiliation

¹ Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore 560012, India.

PMID: 24520954
DOI: 10.1021/ic402441w

Abstract

The design and synthesis of a new tri- and tetracoordinate boron conjugate is reported. The conjugate shows broad near-IR emission (∼625-850 nm) and is found to be a selective colorimetric and ratiometric sensor for fluoride ions.