A colorimetric and fluorescent chemosensor for the detection of an explosive--2,4,6-trinitrophenol (TNP)

Yu Peng; Ai-Jiang Zhang; Ming Dong; Ya-Wen Wang

doi:10.1039/c1cc10400d

A colorimetric and fluorescent chemosensor for the detection of an explosive--2,4,6-trinitrophenol (TNP)

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Apr 21;47(15):4505-7. doi: 10.1039/c1cc10400d. Epub 2011 Mar 8.

Authors

Yu Peng¹, Ai-Jiang Zhang, Ming Dong, Ya-Wen Wang

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China. pengyu@lzu.edu.cn

PMID: 21387060
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc10400d

Abstract

A fluorescent and colorimetric receptor (L) for specific recognition of TNP was described. The origins of this remarkable affinity was disclosed by the crystal structure of corresponding host-guest complex L·TNP.