Abstract

A novel chiral 1,10-phenanthroline-based fluorescent sensor was designed and synthesized from optical active β-amino acids. It used 1,10-phenanthroline moiety as a fluorescent signaling site and binding site, with optically active β-amino acids as a chiral barrier site. Notably, the optically active β-amino acids were obtained by a Lewis base catalyzed hydrosilylation of β-enamino esters according to our former work. The chiral sensor has been used to conduct the enantioselective recognition of chiral mono and dicarboxylic acids derivatives. Using this fluorescent sensor, a moderate “turn-off” fluorescence-diminishment response towards enantiomer of tartaric acids, and proline was observed. It found that l-enantiomers quench the chiral fluorescence sensor more efficiently than d-enantiomers due to the absolute configuration of the β-amino acid.

Highlights

  • Enantioselective recognition of the two enantiomers of chiral compounds is an important subject in the field of asymmetric catalysis systems and in the field of medicinal and biomedical applications [1,2,3,4,5,6]

  • To further illustrate the synthetic potential of this methodology, we describe the first general enantioselective recognition of carboxylic acids by a 1,10-phenanthroline-based fluorescent sensor, which synthesized from optical active β-amino acids derivatives

  • We design S-G1 utilizing 1,10-phenanthroline moiety as a fluorescence signaling unit and optically active β-amino acids as a chiral barrier site to undertake the desired push-pull type fluorescent sensor to recognition of carboxylic acids for the following reasons: (1) 1,10-Phenanthroline was used as a fluorophore core and the scaffold of the chiral sensors; (2) The nitrogen atoms of 1,10-phenanthroline as a binding site that should bind -COOH of chiral carboxylic acids well through multiple hydrogen bonds; (3) The optical active β-amino acids as the chirogenic barrier site that may lead to good chiral recognition; (4) When sensors interact with the chiral carboxylic acids, the fluorescence of

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Introduction

Enantioselective recognition of the two enantiomers of chiral compounds is an important subject in the field of asymmetric catalysis systems and in the field of medicinal and biomedical applications [1,2,3,4,5,6]. To further illustrate the synthetic potential of this methodology, we describe the first general enantioselective recognition of carboxylic acids by a 1,10-phenanthroline-based fluorescent sensor, which synthesized from optical active β-amino acids derivatives

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