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Phthalocyanine-based fluorescence probes for detecting ascorbic acid: phthalocyaninatosilicon covalently linked to TEMPO radicals

Kazuyuki Ishii, Kensuke Kubo, Tomoya Sakurada, Kikuo Komori, Yasuyuki Sakai

Chemical Communications · 2011 · 71 citations · 54 references

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Abstract

We have applied phthalocyaninatosilicon (SiPc) covalently linked to one or two tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxyl (TEMPO) radicals as fluorescence probes for detecting ascorbic acid in biological systems.

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