Highly emissive B←N unit containing four-coordinate C,N-Chelated organoboron compound for the detection of fluoride ions

  • Ni Yan
  • , Fengyan Wang
  • , Junji Wei
  • , Jiale Song
  • , Luke Yan
  • , Jishun Luo
  • , Zhongyuan Fang
  • , Zhijun Wang
  • , Weidong Zhang
  • , Gang He

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Abstract

The highly emissive B←N unit containing four-coordinate C,N-chelated organoboron compound, 2 was synthesized. This air and moisture stable compound can be used as a turn-off type fluorescent fluoride (F ) sensor in THF with good selectivity and reversibility. The DFT calculation and the fluorescence quenching titration results showed that the mechanism of the sensing process was based on a competing reaction: the formation of 2-F with the stronger B[sbnd]F bond in an open form took the place of 2 with B←N bond in a closed form when F was introduced, leading to significant absorption changing and fluorescence quenching.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)410-415
Number of pages6
JournalDyes and Pigments
Volume166
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2019

Keywords

  • C,N-chelated organoboron
  • Fluorescence
  • Fluoride ions
  • Sensor

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