title: Zinc(II) mediated imine-enamine tautomerization.
abstract: Reduction of imine-anthracenone compounds selectively produces secondary alcohols leaving the external imine group unreacted. Addition of the Zn(II) ion induces a metal-mediated imine-enamine tautomerization reaction that is selective for Zn(II), a new fluorescence detection method not previously observed for this important cation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA.
authors.forename: Prem N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Basa
authors.forename: Arundhati
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhowmick
authors.forename: LaShawn Medicine
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Horn
authors.forename: Andrew G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Sykes
mesh_terms: D000873:Anthracenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D005453:Fluorescence; D007097:Imines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D007536:Isomerism; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000873:Anthracenes; D007097:Imines; D015032:Zinc