Through-space charge-transfer emitting biphenyls containing a boryl and an amino group at the o,o'-positions

Hong Pan; Guang-Liang Fu; Yi-Hong Zhao; Cui-Hua Zhao

doi:10.1021/ol201909r

Through-space charge-transfer emitting biphenyls containing a boryl and an amino group at the o,o'-positions

Org Lett. 2011 Sep 16;13(18):4830-3. doi: 10.1021/ol201909r. Epub 2011 Aug 17.

Authors

Hong Pan¹, Guang-Liang Fu, Yi-Hong Zhao, Cui-Hua Zhao

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Shanda Nanlu 27, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 21848331
DOI: 10.1021/ol201909r

Abstract

A new class of organoboron compounds containing a boryl and an amino group at the o,o'-positions of biphenyls display bright through-space intramolecular charge transfer fluorescence owing to the close contact between the boryl and the amino groups. Binding of the fluoride ions results in the remarkable blue shift and color change of the fluorescence, enabling colorimetric and ratiometric fluoride ion sensing.