Abstract
The fluorescent photoinduced electron transfer (PET) chemosensors 1-3 were synthesized from cholic acid. 1 and 2 containing amidothiourea groups as anion receptive sites demonstrated much higher affinity toward anions than 3 containing traditional thiourea H-bond donating group. Comparative studies on their binding affinity toward carboxylates, dihydrogen phosphate, and halides revealed that the amidothiourea moiety on the C17 side chain could work cooperatively with H-bond donating groups on C7 and C12 to bind spherical halogen anions. An unexpected specific fluorescence enhancement of 1 by coordinating bromide ion was observed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7640-7646 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Organic Chemistry |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue number | 19 |
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| Publication status | Published - 16 Sept 2005 |