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Published on: December 17, 2018
A water-soluble 1,8-naphthalimide-based 'turn on' fluorescent chemosensor for selective and sensitive recognition of
1Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Design & Synthesis, College of Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shannxi Province, China.
Abstract:
A water-soluble 1,8-naphthalimide-based fluorescent chemosensor 1, bearing two acetic carboxylic moieties, exhibited high selectivity and sensitivity for recognition of Hg(2+) ion in water over other heavy and transition metal (HTM) ions with fluorescent enhancement. An increase in the fluorescent intensity at 562 nm was due to the formation of a 1:1 1-Hg(2+) inclusion complex.
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