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Microwave-assisted Intramolecular Dehydrogenative Diels-Alder Reactions for the Synthesis of Functionalized Naphthalenes/Solvatochromic Dyes
Published on: April 1, 2013
β-Hydroxy-α-naphthaldehyde [2-(quinolin-8'-yloxy) acetyl] hydrazone as an efficient fluorescent chemosensor for Mg2+
Jing-can Qin1, Zheng-yin Yang1, Long Fan1
1College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, PR China.
Abstract:
An efficient fluorescent sensor based on β-hydroxy-α-naphthaldehyde [2-(quinolin-8'-yloxy) acetyl] hydrazone (HL) for Mg2+ has been designed and synthesized. The receptor showed "off-on" fluorescent responses toward Mg2+ in acetonitrile. The reasons for this phenomenon is that the addition of Mg2+ to the solution of HL induce the formation of a 1:1 ligand-metal complex which inhibit excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT).

