A new versatile solvatochromic amino-macrocycle. From metal ions to cell sensing in solution and in the solid state

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Dec 7:(45):7039-41. doi: 10.1039/b913435b. Epub 2009 Oct 13.

Abstract

A new fluorescent NBD-polyaza-macrocycle sensor (L) was synthesized. The coordination of Cu(ii) and Zn(ii) in acetonitrile switches on the fluorescence with different emission wavelengths. Cu(ii) complexes showed solid-state fluorescence. Both L and Cu-complex interact with human cell line (U937) highlighting the cell membrane by fluorescence microscopy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetonitriles / chemistry
  • Aza Compounds / chemistry*
  • Copper / chemistry*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Ions / chemistry*
  • Macrocyclic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Molecular Conformation
  • U937 Cells
  • Zinc / chemistry*

Substances

  • Acetonitriles
  • Aza Compounds
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Ions
  • Macrocyclic Compounds
  • Copper
  • Zinc
  • acetonitrile