In this work, a novel purine based probe PTAHN was successfully designed and synthesized. PTAHN displayed high selectivity towards Zn2+via turn-on fluorescence. What's more, PTAHN can be proficiently employed for imaging Zn2+ in living cells.
Rhodamine B thiohydrazide (RBS) was firstly employed as turn-on fluorescent probe for hypochlorite in aqueous solution and living cells. It exhibits a stable response to hypochlorite from 1.0×10-6to 1.0×10-5M with a detection limit of 3.3×10-7M. The response of this probe to hypochlorite is fast and highly selective compared with other reactive oxygen species (such as.OH,1O2, H2O2) and other common anions (such as X-, ClO2-, ClO4-, NO3-, NO2-, OH-, Ac-, CO32-, SO42-).
We reported here a turn-on fluorescent probe (1) for the detection of cysteine (Cys) by incorporating the recognition unit of 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonyl ester (DNBS) to a coumarin derivative. The structure of the obtained probe was confirmed by NMR and HRMS techniques. The probe shows a remarkable fluorescence off-on response (∼52-fold) by the reaction with Cys in 100% aqueous buffer. The sensing mechanism was verified by the HPLC test. Probe 1 also displays high selectivity towards Cys. The detection limit was calculated to be 23 nM. Moreover, cellular experiments demonstrated that the probe is highly biocompatible and can be used for monitoring intracellular Cys.
Quinoline Schiff base L exhibits a more than 38-fold fluorescence enhancement after addition of Al3+ ions at an excitation wavelength of 373 nm, and shows a high selectivity for Al3+ over other metal ions.
A new terephthaldehyde-based chemosensor 1 was synthesized which exhibits highly selective and sensitive fluorescence turn-on sensor for Cu2+ and successfully applied to the determination of Cu2+ in L929 cells.
A Turn-On Fluorescent Probe for Sensitive Detection of Cysteine in a Fully Aqueous Environment and in Living Cells