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A monostyryl-boradiazaindacene (BODIPY) derivative as colorimetric and fluorescent probe for cyanide ions
Zeynep Ekmekci1, M Deniz Yilmaz, Engin U Akkaya
1Department of Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
Organic Letters
|January 10, 2008
Abstract:
We developed a novel boradiazaindacene derivative to detect cyanide ions in solution at micromolar concentrations. This structurally simple chemosensor displays a large decrease in emission intensity and a reversible color change from red to blue on contact with cyanide ions. Highly fluorescent polymeric films can be obtained by doping with the chemosensor. Such polymeric materials can be used for the sensing of the cyanide ions in polymer matrices.

