A pyridinium cation-π interaction sensor for the fluorescent detection of alkyl halides

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Jan 7;47(1):253-5. doi: 10.1039/c0cc01420f. Epub 2010 Jul 5.

Abstract

N-alkylation of a novel pyridine sensor results in pyridinium salts whose conformations are stabilised by pyridinium cation-π interactions resulting in a fluorescent response that can be used to sense the presence of alkylating agents in solution at low concentration.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkylation
  • Cations / chemistry
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Fluorescence*
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemical synthesis
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
  • Hydrocarbons, Halogenated / analysis*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Pyridines / chemical synthesis
  • Pyridines / chemistry*
  • Solutions
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence

Substances

  • Cations
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Hydrocarbons, Halogenated
  • Pyridines
  • Solutions