New fluorescent zinc complexes: towards specific sensors for hydrogen sulfide in solution.
Two new fluorescent zinc complexes 1 and 2 have been synthesized by reaction of the complex Tp(Ph,Me)Zn(OH) with 7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin (MUH) or 7-mercapto-4-methylcoumarin (MUSH). While the alcoholato derivative Tp(Ph,Me)Zn(MU) 1 is not efficient for sensing hydrogen sulfide, the thiolato complex Tp(Ph,Me)Zn(MUS) 2 is a colorimetric "turn-on" and fluorescence "turn-off" sensor which shows high selectivity for hydrogen sulfide in the presence of additional thiols like cysteine or glutathione.
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Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie Toxicologiques et Pharmacologiques, UMR 8601 CNRS, Université Paris Descartes, 45 rue des St-Pères, 75270, Paris Cedex 06, France. erwan.galardon@parisdescartes.fr
Tomas
Alain
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Roussel
Pascal
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Artaud
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