Fluorescence response mechanism of D-glucose selectivity for supramolecular probes composed of phenylboronic-acid-modified beta-cyclodextrin and styrylpyridinium dyes

Anal Sci. 2007 Oct;23(10):1167-71. doi: 10.2116/analsci.23.1167.

Abstract

Supramolecular complex formation of phenylboronic-acid-modified beta-cyclodextrin (1) with 1-methyl-4-(4-dimethylaminostyryl)pyridinium (C1SP) in aqueous solutions containing saccharides was fully clarified to gain an insight into the observed D-glucose (D-glc) selectivity of a supramolecular fluorescent probe composed of 1 and the 1-heptyl analogue of C1SP (Chem. Commun., 2006, 4319). At pH 9.6, where 1 was in its anionic form, both the stability and the fluorescence of the 1/C1SP complex were reduced by the formation of boronate esters of 1 with saccharides. Among the saccharides, D-glc had the smallest effect on destabilization of the 1/C1SP complex, almost completely retaining the fluorescence of the 1/C1SP complex that was reduced by other saccharides by approximately 2/3. Under neutral conditions, D-glc enhanced the fluorescence of the 1/C1SP complex by increasing the fraction of anionic 1 while minimally decreasing the stability and fluorescence of the 1/C1SP complex. Although other saccharides also increased the fraction of the anionic 1, their relatively large effects on the destabilization and reduction of fluorescence of the 1/C1SP complex limited the enhancement of the fluorescence of the 1-C1SP system under neutral conditions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Boronic Acids / chemistry*
  • Fluorescence
  • Glucose / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Pyridinium Compounds / chemistry*
  • beta-Cyclodextrins / chemistry*

Substances

  • 4-(4-dimethylaminostyryl)-1-methylpyridinium
  • Boronic Acids
  • Pyridinium Compounds
  • beta-Cyclodextrins
  • Glucose
  • betadex
  • benzeneboronic acid