451. An anion induced multisignaling probe for Hg2+ and its application for fish kidney and liver tissue imaging studies.
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Mandal, Sandip, Banerjee, Arnab, Ghosh, Debasree, Mandal, Dipak Kumar, Safin, Damir A., Babashkina, Maria G., Robeyns, Koen, Mitoraj, Mariusz P., Kubisiak, Piotr, Garcia, Yann, and Das, Debasis
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MERCURY in the body ,BIOACCUMULATION in fishes ,DIAGNOSTIC imaging ,FLUORESCENCE ,COLORIMETRIC analysis ,RING-opening reactions - Abstract
3′,6′-Bis(diethylamino)-2-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)spiro[isoindoline-1,9′-xanthen]-3-one (L) was synthesized for the selective fluorescence and colorimetric recognition of Hg
2+ at pH 6.0. In addition, L was useful for imaging Hg2+ in fish kidney and liver tissues using a fluorescence microscope. Spirolactam ring opening of L for Hg2+ recognition is strongly influenced by the nature of the mercury salt and found to be NO3 − -induced. Other mercury salts such as HgCl2 , Hg(CH3 COO)2 and Hg(ClO4 )2 failed to induce fluorescence and colorimetric response of L under the same experimental conditions. For instance, the former salt does not exhibit spirolactam ring opening but forms a new ionic compound (H3 L)2 [Hg6 Cl18 ]·2H2 O (1), whose structure has been elucidated by single crystal X-ray diffraction. This might be explained by (1) the higher covalent nature of Hg2+ and, hence, the lower acidity of the metal center and its inability to induce the ring opening reaction, and (2) the bulky anion, in the case of Hg(ClO4 )2 , which is also ionic, faces steric hindrance to accommodate within the N(Et)2 group upon spirolactam ring opening. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2015
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