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Methylazacalix[4]pyridine: en route to Zn2+-specific fluoresence sensors
Han-Yuan Gong1, Qi-Yu Zheng, Xiao-Hang Zhang
1Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.
Abstract:
[structure: see text] Owing to the electronic nature of the bridging nitrogen atoms which can adopt different hybridizations and form various conjugations with the adjacent pyridine(s), methylazacalix[4]pyridine underwent conformation and cavity preorganization to highly selectively bind the Zn(2+) ion. Rigidification and coplanarity of the macrocyclic ring led to a great enhancement of fluorescence of the intrinsic fluorescent host molecule.

