Abstract

AbstractA new ratiometric fluorescent sensor (1) for Cu2+ based on 4,4‐difluoro‐4‐bora‐3a,4a‐diaza‐s‐indacene (BODIPY) with di(2‐picolyl)amine (DPA) as ion recognition subunit has been synthesized and investigated in this work. The binding abilities of 1 towards different metal ions such as alkali and alkaline earth metal ions (Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+) and other metal ions ( Ba2+, Zn2+, Cd2+, Fe2+, Fe3+, Pb2+, Ni2+, Co2+, Hg2+, Ag+) have been examined by UV‐vis and fluorescence spectroscopies. 1 displays high selectivity for Cu2+ among all test metal ions and a ∼10‐fold fluorescence enhancement in I582/I558 upon excitation at visible excitation wavelength. The binding mode of 1 and Cu2+ is a 1:1 stoichiometry determined via studies of Job plot, the nonlinear fitting of the fluorometric titration and ESI mass.

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