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AUTHOR
Katherine L. Marchin
Fluorescent Type II Materials from Naphthylmethyl Polyamine Precursors
Speciation studies in aqueous solution on the interaction of Cu2+ and Zn2+ with a series of polyaminic ligands N-naphthalen-1-ylmethyl-N′-{2-[(naphthalen-1-ylmethyl)-amino]-ethyl}-ethane-1,2-diamine (Ll), N-naphthalen-1-ylmethyl-N′-(2-{2-[(naphthalen-1-ylmethyl)-amino]-ethylamino}-ethyl)-ethane-1,2-diamine (L2) and N-naphthalen-1-ylmethyl-N′-[2-(2-{2-[(naphthalen-1-ylmethyl)-amino]-ethylamino}-ethylamino)-ethyl]-ethane-1,2-diamine (L3) containing two naphthylmethyl groups at their termini and N 1-(2-{2-[(naphthalen-1-ylmethyl)-amino]-ethylamino}-ethyl)-ethane-1,2-diamine (L4) containing just one naphthylmethyl group have been carried out at 298.1 K in 0.15 mol dm−3 NaCl. In the case of the …
A New ZnIITweezer Pyridine-Naphthalene System - An Off-On-Off System Working in a Biological pH Window
Their basic idea consisted of the connec-tion of an amine to a fluorophoric anthracene unit on oneside and to a pyridine moiety on the other. At acidic pHvalues the amino and the pyridine groups are protonatedand a photoinduced electron transfer (PET) occurs fromthe π-π* excited state of the anthracene to the protonatedpyridinium unit, leading to quenching of the fluorescence.However, at high pH values, where the amino group is notprotonated, PET alternatively takes place from the aminelone pair to the same excited state of the fluorophore, yield-ing the same inhibitory effect on the fluorescence. Betweenthese two pH values, there is a pH window where PET doesnot take place and fluorescence…