title: Sensor for nitrophenol based on a fluorescent molecular clip.
abstract: We report the synthesis, X-ray crystal structure, and photophysics of a fluorescent molecular clip (1). Binding studies of 1 toward phenols 2a-j were carried out using fluorescence, (1)H NMR, and IR spectroscopy, which revealed a high affinity and selectivity for 4-nitrophenol (2a) due to formation of the 1.2a complex driven by H-bonding and pi-pi stacking interactions.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, PR China.
authors.forename: Nengfang
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: She
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Liping
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Anxin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Lyle
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Isaacs
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D005453:Fluorescence; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009596:Nitrophenols / Q000737:chemistry*; D010777:Photochemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; D009596:Nitrophenols