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Debasis Karak1, Sudipta Das, Sisir Lohar
1Department of Chemistry, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, 713104, West Bengal, India.
Abstract:
A naphthalene-thiophene hybrid molecule (Z)-1-((thiophen-2-ylmethylamino)methylene)naphthalen-2(1H)-one () was prepared by condensation of 2-thiophenemethylamine and 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde. According to FTIR, (1)H NMR spectrometry and single crystal X-ray analysis, exists in the cis-keto-amine tautomeric form. behaves like a molecular AND type binary logic gate with two inputs viz. Zn(2+) and OAc(-) ions whereby the fluorescence of the system turns on. The structures of and its zinc acetate complex were also optimized by DFT calculations. binds Zn(2+) in a 1 : 1 ratio with an association constant K(a) = 2.05 × 10(4) M(-1), and detects Zn(2+) as low as 3 × 10(-8) M. is useful for the detection of intracellular Zn(2+) under a fluorescence microscope.
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