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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Dual role of silver in a fluorogenic N-squaraine probe based on Ag(i)–π interactions

Antonio FronteraBartolome SoberatsManel VegaCarmen RotgerEnrique García-españaSalvador BlascoAntonio Costa

subject

010405 organic chemistryChemistry010402 general chemistryHighly selective01 natural sciences0104 chemical sciencesIonInorganic ChemistryMetalCrystallographyDual rolevisual_artIntense fluorescencevisual_art.visual_art_mediumLewis acids and basesSequence (medicine)

description

In the presence of Ag(I), the monoanion of cyano-N-squaraine (I) generates an intense fluorescence turn-on response. Experimental evidence and DFT calculations reveal a sequence of deprotonation-coordination events in which the Ag(I) ions play a dual role as a Lewis acid and coordinating metal. The observed effect is highly selective for Ag(I) compared to other metals.

https://doi.org/10.1039/d1dt01408k