A naphthalene-based bichromophoric fluorescent sensor 2,2′-[oxy-bis(2-oxatetramethyleneoxy)]-bis[ N-(2-naphthyl)-benzamide)] (1) was synthesized and characterized. Fluorescence decay for 1 in alcoholic solvents in the region of 415-460 nm revealed bi-exponential behavior. The faster component of the decay can be attributed to the formation of dimers. Above 480 nm, besides the dimer, there is also a little excimer formation and this excimer emits at longer wavelengths than the dimer. The observation of the change of the fluorescence emission spectra upon addition of water in EtOH - water mixtures is in line with the formation of water-bridged complexes preventing excimer formation. The sensor shows an increase in fluorescence intensity upon increasing Mg2+ or Ca2+ concentration in EtOH because the formation of the excimer can be hindered upon complexation with Mg2+ or Ca2+ ions. Because of the competition between hydrated metal ions and the water-bridged complex, spectral changes by complexation with Mg2+ or Ca2+ in EtOH - H2O (9: 1 v/v) are quite different from those in neat ethanol. The ground-state dissociation constant Kd estimated for the complex with Mg2+ or Ca2+ was found to be around 2.0 mM in EtOH - H2O (9: 1 v/v), which makes it suitable for the measurement of the concentrations of these ions in physiologically relevant concentration ranges.
合成并表征了一种基于
萘的双色荧光传感器
2,2′-[
氧-双(2-
氧四亚
甲基氧基)]-双[N-(2-
萘基)-
苯酰胺)] (1)。在
酒精溶剂中,1的荧光衰减在415-460 nm区域显示出双指数行为。衰减的快速成分可以归因于二聚体的形成。在480 nm以上,除了二聚体外,还有少量的激基复合物形成,且该激基复合物的发射波长比二聚体更长。在
乙醇-
水混合物中加入
水后荧光发射光谱的变化与
水桥复合物的形成一致,这种复合物防止了激基复合物的形成。该传感器在
乙醇中Mg2+或Ca2+浓度增加时显示出荧光强度的增加,因为与Mg2+或Ca2+离子形成复合物可以阻碍激基复合物的形成。由于
水合
金属离子与
水桥复合物之间存在竞争,在
乙醇-
水(9:1 v/v)中与Mg2+或Ca2+的复合所引起的光谱变化与纯
乙醇中的变化相当不同。估计与Mg2+或Ca2+的复合物的基态解离常数Kd在
乙醇-
水(9:1 v/v)中约为2.0 mM,这使得它适合于测量生理相关浓度范围内这些离子的浓度。