title: Fluorescent photoinduced electron transfer (PET) sensing molecules with p-phenylenediamine as electron donor.
abstract: Fluorescent photoinduced electron-transfer sensors were made from p-phenylenediamine-substituted azacrown ethers attached with a dansyl group, in which the p-phenylenediamine moiety serves as electron donor and the dansyl group acts as the acceptor. Chelation-enhanced fluorescence was observed upon addition of metal salts. Selective fluorescence response was observed for Mg(2+) and/or Ca(2+) versus Na(+) and K(+) due to size match and charge density sensitivity of the p-phenylenediamine moiety.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7078, USA. ajp4@po.cwru.edu
authors.forename: Anthony J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: Wenjing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xiao