Fluorescent Nanoaggregates of Pentacenequinone Derivative for Selective Sensing of Picric acid in Aqueous Media

Vandana Bhalla, Ankush Gupta, M. Kumar

Organic Letters · 2012 · 182 citations · 33 references

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Abstract

Novel pentacenequinone derivative 3 has been synthesized using the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling protocol which forms fluorescent nanoaggregates in aqueous media due to its aggregation-induced emission enhancement attributes and selectively senses picric acid with a detection limit of 500 ppb.

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