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Chelating Rotaxane Ligands as Fluorescent Sensors for Metal Ions
Author(s) -
Denis Mathieu,
Pancholi Jessica,
Jobe Kajally,
Watkinson Michael,
Goldup Stephen M.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201712931
Subject(s) - rotaxane , metal ions in aqueous solution , fluorescence , chelation , metal , ligand (biochemistry) , ion , molecule , nanotechnology , combinatorial chemistry , materials science , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , supramolecular chemistry , receptor , organic chemistry , physics , biochemistry , quantum mechanics
Although metal‐ion‐binding interlocked molecules have been under intense investigation for over three decades, their application as scaffolds for the development of sensors for metal ions remains underexplored. In this work, we demonstrate the potential of simple rotaxanes as metal‐ion‐responsive ligand scaffolds through the development of a proof‐of‐concept selective sensor for Zn 2+ .