Shiraishi Yasuhiro, Sumiya Shigehiro, Kohno Yoshiko, Hirai Takayuki
Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, and Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-8531, Japan.
J Org Chem. 2008 Nov 7;73(21):8571-4. doi: 10.1021/jo8012447. Epub 2008 Oct 2.
A rhodamine-cyclen conjugate (1) behaves as a highly sensitive and selective fluorescent chemosensor for Hg(2+). The high emission selectivity is due to the formation of 1-Hg(2+) 1:2 complex leading to spirocycle opening of 1.