Abstract
A new, water-soluble BODIPY dye 1, bearing sulfonate groups at the 2- and 6-positions was found to be a sensitive and selective fluorescent probe for the detection of HOCl/OCl− in aqueous buffer solution. The probe, which displays extremely weak fluorescence owing to efficient singlet excited state quenching by photoinduced electron transfer (PeT) from an electron-rich catechol group at a meso-position, responds to HOCl/OCl− through a dramatic enhancement of its fluorescence intensity.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2986-2989 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | The Analyst |
Volume | 139 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 19 May 2014 |