文摘
A novel reversible zinc(II) chemosensing ensemble (2路Zn2+) allows for selective 鈥渢urn-on鈥?fluorescence sensing of ATP and PPi in aqueous media (detection limits: 2.4 and 1.0 渭M, respectively) giving selective binding patterns: ATP PPi > ADP AMP > monophosphates 鈮?remaining ions tested. The conjugated hydrazone [C鈺怤鈥?i>NH鈥擱] resists hydrolysis considerably, compared to the imine [C鈺怤鈥?i>CH2鈥擱, pyridin-2-ylmethanamine] functionality, and generalizes to other chemosensing efforts. Prerequisite Zn2+路[OphenolNimineNpyr] binding is selective, as determined by UV鈥搗is and NMR spectroscopy; ATP or PPi extracts Zn2+ to regenerate the ligand鈥揻luorophore conjugate (PPi: turn-on, 512 nm; detection limit, 1.0 渭M). Crystallography, 2-D NMR spectroscopy, and DFT determinations (B3LYP/631g*) support the nature of compound 2. 2-Hydrazinyl-pyridine-salicylaldehyde conjugation is unknown, as such; a paucity of chemosensing-Zn2+ binding reports underscores the novelty of this modifiable dual cation/anion detection platform. A combined theoretical and experimental approach reported here allows us to determine both the potential uniqueness as well as drawbacks of this novel conjugation.