Highly activated Michael acceptor by an intramolecular hydrogen bond as a fluorescence turn-on probe for cyanide

Seokan Park, Hae-Jo Kim

Chemical Communications · 2010 · 145 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

An activated Michael acceptor type of probe by an intramolecular hydrogen bond has shown a selective fluorescence turn-on response to cyanide through a conjugated addition of the nucleophilic anion to the enone probe with a 1300-fold increase in its fluorescence intensity.

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