Abstract
Novel enantiopure azacrown [(R,R)-1 and (S,S)-1] and diazacrown [(R,R)-2–(R,R)-4 and (S,S)-2–(S,S)-4] ethers containing a pyrene fluorophore unit and two phenyl groups at their chiral centers were obtained in multistep syntheses. The action of these chemosensors is based on the photoinduced electron transfer (PET) process, thus they show fluorescence enhancement in the presence of protonated primary amines and amino acid esters. Their recognition abilities toward the enantiomers of 1-phenylethylamine hydrogen perchlorate (PEA), 1-(1-naphthyl) ethylamine hydrogen perchlorate (NEA), phenylglycine methyl ester hydrogen perchlorate (PGME), and phenylalanine methyl ester hydrogen perchlorate (PAME) were examined in acetonitrile using fluorescence spectroscopy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 20-36 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering |
Volume | 64 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Financial supports of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office – NKFIH (earlier OTKA) (NKFIH No. K 112289, K 128473, and NVKP 16-1-2016-0043) and the New Széchenyi Development Plan (TÁMOP-4.2.1/B-09/1/KMR-2010-0002) are gratefully acknowledged. The authors thank Dr. György Tibor Balogh, Dr. Judit Müller, and Zsófia Petrik for chiral HPLC measurements.
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Keywords
- Azacrown ether
- Chiral crown ether
- Fluorescence
- Molecular recognition
- PET sensor
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemical Engineering