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Simple and rapid visual sensing of saccharides
C J Davis1, P T Lewis, M E McCarroll
1Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA.
Organic Letters
|July 25, 2000
Abstract:
Solutions of compound 1 exhibit dramatic, characteristic color changes in response to sugar analytes. Structurally related saccharides including glucose phosphates and amino and carboxylic acid sugars can be readily distinguished by visual inspection. These findings should promote the design of unique color sensory materials based on readily available, functional macrocyclic hosts.