A supramolecular fluorescence probe for caffeine.
[structure: see text] Supramolecular sensing is rather limited to charged analytes. This report describes a practicable assay for caffeine, which employs a competitive "indicator-displacement" approach and allows detection by fluorescence. A simple analytical protocol is described that allows quantitation of caffeine in beverages.
Siering
Carsten
C
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Gerhard-Domagk-Str. 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany.
Kerschbaumer
Hannes
H
Nieger
Martin
M
Waldvogel
Siegfried R
SR
D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D002110:Caffeine / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D005453:Fluorescence; D015394:Molecular Structure
D002110:Caffeine