Copper Complexes for Fluorescence-Based NO Detection in Aqueous Solution
摘要:
Two copper(II) complexes containing dansylated ligands were investigated as turn-on fluorescence-based nitric oxide (NO) sensors. Upon addition of NO (g), the quenched fluorescence of both complexes was restored in both organic and buffered aqueous solutions, which is caused by the formation of a diamagnetic Cu(I) species and protonation of the sulfonamide functionality of the ligands. The NO detection limit of these Cu(II) complexes is 10 nM.
We have shown previously that 8-(5'-N,N-dimethylamino-1'-naphthalene)-sulfonamidoquinoline (DANQUIN) demonstrated a remarkable selectivity and sensitivity for the Zn(II) ion. In this work, the crystal structures of DANQUIN, Cu(DANQUIN)(2) and Cu(DANPY)(2) (DANPY, N-2-picolyl-(5'-NN-dimethylamino-1'-naphthalene)-sulfonamide) are reported and compared with the simulated structure of Zn(DANQUIN)(2), which is important for the understanding of the factors that govern the fluorescence of DANQUIN. Free DANQUIN mainly displays the fluorescence of the dansyl group at 547 nn while the Zn(II)-DANQUIN complex mainly shows the enhanced fluorescence of aminoquinoline at 469 nm, while the emission of the dansyl group shifted to 517 nm with an almost constant intensity. This result demonstrates the advantage of this hybrid fluorescent chemosensor for Zn(H), and also makes it a potential candidate for ratiometric Zn(II) detection. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.