Discriminative ‘turn-on’ fluorescence sensing of volatile halogenated solvents using a cleft-shaped 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide Tröger's base fluorophore
Binduja Mohan, Deivasigamani Umadevi, Sankarasekaran Shanmugaraju
Abstract
A new cleft-shaped 2-picolyl-4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide Tröger's base ( TBNap ) was synthesized and employed as a fluorescent ‘turn-on’ chemosensor for the discriminative sensing of volatile halogenated solvents.
Topics & Concepts
FluorescenceFluorophoreChemistryTurn (biochemistry)Base (topology)PhotochemistryCombinatorial chemistryOpticsBiochemistryMathematicsMathematical analysisPhysicsMolecular Sensors and Ion DetectionMolecular spectroscopy and chiralityAdvanced Chemical Sensor Technologies