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Published on: August 19, 2013
A boradiazaindacene-based turn-on fluorescent probe for cyanide detection in aqueous media
Chi-Hwa Lee1, Hee-Jae Yoon, Jeong-Soo Shim
1Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemungu, Seoul 120-749, Korea.
Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|March 15, 2012
Abstract:
Turn on events: A molecular probe consisting of a boradiazaindacene unit conjugated with a dicyano-vinyl group has been designed for the selective and sensitive detection of cyanide by strong fluorescence enhancement in aqueous media (see scheme).

