Stereochemical control of Zn(II)/Cu(II) selectivity in piperidine tripod ligands.
Stereochemistry plays a major role in the selectivity toward zinc ion over copper(II) of some tripodal ligands with a central piperidine scaffold, one of which acts as a fluorescent zinc sensor with nanomolar sensitivity.
Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Zhaohua
Z
Dai
Xiaodong
X
Xu
James W
JW
Canary
D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D036103:Nanotechnology; D010880:Piperidines / Q000737:chemistry*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
D008024:Ligands; D010880:Piperidines; C032727:piperidine; D003300:Copper; D015032:Zinc