Halogen bonding BODIPY-appended pillar[5]arene for the optical sensing of dicarboxylates and a chemical warfare agent simulant
Andrew J. Taylor, Jamie T. Wilmore, Paul D. Beer
Abstract
A pillar[5]arene host, functionalised with halogen bonding (XB) recognition sites and BODIPY fluorophores, demonstrates strong binding and optical sensing of environmentally relevant dicarboxylates and a chemical warfare agent simulant, in organic and competitive aqueous-organic media - enabled by the unprecedented combination of fluorophore-conjugated XB interactions with the hydrophobic pillar[5]arene host cavity.
Topics & Concepts
BODIPYPillarHalogenFluorescenceChemistryAqueous mediumAqueous solutionCombinatorial chemistryChemical Warfare AgentsMoleculePhotochemistryNanotechnologyOrganic chemistryMaterials scienceAlkylBiochemical engineeringQuantum mechanicsEngineeringPhysicsStructural engineeringLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsMolecular Sensors and Ion DetectionSupramolecular Chemistry and Complexes