title: A specific nucleophilic ring-opening reaction of aziridines as a unique platform for the construction of hydrogen polysulfides sensors.
abstract: A hydrogen polysulfide mediated aziridine ring-opening reaction was discovered. Based on this reaction, a novel H2S(n)-specific chemosensor (AP) was developed. AP showed high sensitivity and selectivity for H2S(n). Notably, the fluorescent turn-on product (1) exhibited excellent two-photon photophysical properties, a large Stokes shift, and high solid state luminescent efficiency.
authors.affiliation: †Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: †Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States.
authors.forename: Ethan W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Rosser
authors.affiliation: †Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States.
authors.forename: Di
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: ‡Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: §Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States.
authors.forename: Yilin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: §Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States.
authors.forename: Wen-Ji
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: ‡Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Huimin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: ∥William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, Washington 99352, United States.
authors.forename: Dehong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: †Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xian
mesh_terms: D001388:Aziridines / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D006859:Hydrogen; D015394:Molecular Structure; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D017785:Photons; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013440:Sulfides / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001388:Aziridines; D013440:Sulfides; D006859:Hydrogen; C032915:polysulfide