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A novel di-triazole based peptide as a highly sensitive and selective fluorescent chemosensor for Zn2+ ions
Sambasivarao Kotha1, Deepti Goyal née Bansal, Subhasree Banerjee
1Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India. srk@chem.iitb.ac.in
Abstract:
A di-triazole based peptide has been synthesised by copper catalyzed Huisgen cycloaddition. Fluorescence intensity is enhanced selectively in the presence of Zn(2+), which is ascribed to reversal of photoelectron transfer. Compound 7 was found to self-assemble in the presence of Zn(ClO(4))(2) in an exclusive 2:1 ratio, which is supported by (1)H NMR titration and mass spectral data. The fluorescence intensity of 7 shows a subsequent ON-OFF phenomenon upon repetitive and alternate addition of Zn(ClO(4))(2) and HClO(4).

