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Anion Sensing with a Blue Fluorescent Triarylboron-Functionalized Bisbenzimidazole and Its Bisbenzimidazolium Salt.


ABSTRACT: A blue fluorescent p-dimesitylboryl-phenyl-functionalized 1,3-bisbenzimidazolyl benzene molecule (1) has been synthesized in high yield by Stille coupling of bisbenzimidazolyl bromobenzene with p-BMes2-SnBu3-benzene. Methylation of 1 led to the formation of the bisbenzimidazolium salt (2). The utility of both 1 and 2 in sensing CN- and halide (F-, Cl-, Br-, and I-) was examined, and it was found that only the small fluoride and cyanide anions were able to bind to the boron atom with binding constants in the range of 2.9 × 104 to 5 × 105 M-1. Computational studies provided insight into the photophysical properties of the molecules and verified that a charge-transfer process is quenched in these "turn-off" molecular sensors.

SUBMITTER: Brazeau AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6645667 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Anion Sensing with a Blue Fluorescent Triarylboron-Functionalized Bisbenzimidazole and Its Bisbenzimidazolium Salt.

Brazeau Allison L AL   Yuan Kang K   Ko Soo-Byung SB   Wyman Ian I   Wang Suning S  

ACS omega 20171204 12


A blue fluorescent <i>p</i>-dimesitylboryl-phenyl-functionalized 1,3-bisbenzimidazolyl benzene molecule (<b>1</b>) has been synthesized in high yield by Stille coupling of bisbenzimidazolyl bromobenzene with <i>p</i>-BMes<sub>2</sub>-SnBu<sub>3</sub>-benzene. Methylation of <b>1</b> led to the formation of the bisbenzimidazolium salt (<b>2</b>). The utility of both <b>1</b> and <b>2</b> in sensing CN<sup>-</sup> and halide (F<sup>-</sup>, Cl<sup>-</sup>, Br<sup>-</sup>, and I<sup>-</sup>) was ex  ...[more]

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