Highly selective and sensitive fluorescent sensing of oxalate in water
1Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Effective fluorescent sensing of oxalate in water is significant but still remains a challenge. By using indicator-displacement assays, a readily available macrocyclic copper(II) complex was found to show a sensitive off-on fluorescent sensing for oxalate with high selectivity and high binding affinity (>10(7) M(-1)) in water at neutral pH.

