Quinoline based receptor in fluorometric discrimination of carboxylic acids

• Kumaresh Ghosh,
• Suman Adhikari,
• Asoke P. Chattopadhyay and
• Purnendu Roy Chowdhury

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 52, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.52

• for online and real-time analyses [4]. A large number of examples of fluorescent sensors capable of sensing ions and molecules have appeared over the past few years [5][6][7]. In this context, fluorescent sensors, which rely on guest-induced folding of flexible receptors bringing the fluorophore

• report here an alternative naphthalene-based receptor 2 (Figure 1), where quinoline has been replaced by naphthalene keeping all the other hydrogen bonding groups fixed. The key in all the designs is the appropriate flexible ether linkage to hold the fluorophore probes viz. quinoline and naphthalene in