Citation: Li Hua JIA, Xiang Feng GUO, Yuan Yuan LIU, Xu Hong QIAN. Anthracylmethyl Benzoazacrown Ether as Selective Fluorescence Sensors for Zn²⁺[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2004, 15(1): 118-120. shu

Anthracylmethyl Benzoazacrown Ether as Selective Fluorescence Sensors for Zn²⁺

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Stata Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012;
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Qiqihaer University, Qiqihaer 161006

Received Date: 13 January 2003

Fund Project: This project was supported by the Research Foundation for Excellent Middle-aged and Young Scientists of Shandong Province (Project No. 9937) and the Research Foundation for Returning Scholars of Ministry of Education of China.

A new benzoazacrown ether fluorescence sensor was synthesized with 9-anthrylmethyl chloride and benzoaza-15-crown-5 in CH₃CN, which particularly shows a strong affinity for Zn²⁺. Its fluorescence quantum yield increase more than one order of magnitude and a red shift could be noticed when passing from the apolar to the polar solvent.
- Anthracylmethyl benzoazacrown ether,
- fluorescence sensors,
- Zn²⁺
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