Abstract
By incorporating 4-aminoantipyrine moiety onto 8-aminoquinoline with a suitable spacer, a highly selective and sensitive fluorescent Zn2+ sensor, QPA, was designed and constructed. In 25% ACN-HEPES buffer pH 7.0 solution, QPA exhibited 10.6-fold fluorescence enhancement at 500 nm upon addition of Zn2+. The limit of detection (LOD) was calculated to be 1.3 × 10-7 M according to fluorescence titration. The 1:1 binding mode of the metal complex was established by combined UV-vis, fluorescence and HRMS spectroscopic method. The membrane permeability of QPA to living cells and bioimaging of Zn2+ are demonstrated.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 11078-11083 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | RSC Advances |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 29 |
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| Publication status | Published - 21 Nov 2012 |