New regioisomeric naphthol–thiazole based ‘turn-on’ fluorescent chemosensor for Al3+
作者:Aasif Helal、Hyun Gon Kim、Manik Kumer Ghosh、Cheol-Ho Choi、Sung-Hong Kim、Hong-Seok Kim
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2013.09.038
日期:2013.11
Two new reactive and highly selective turn-on fluorescent chemosensors based on the position of ring annulation of the naphthalene thiazole moiety for aluminum ions in ethanol, were synthesized and investigated. It was found that sensors 2 and 4 exhibited a remarkable enhancement of emission upon complexation with Al3+. A TD-B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) calculation was performed to characterize the nature of the fluorescence behavior of sensors 2 and 4 upon Al3+ complexation. The mechanism of fluorescence was based on the cation promoted hydrolysis of ester and subsequent complexation. The combination of experimental and computational analyses provides a more complete understanding of the molecular level origin of these types of unique photophysical properties. (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.