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Synfacts 2010(6): 0650-0650  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1219990
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Phosphate Ion Sensing in an Aqueous Environment

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Joel Batson
X.-h. Huang, Y. Lu, Y.-b. He*, Z.-h. Chen
Wuhan University, Hubei, P. R. of China
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20 May 2010 (online)

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Significance

The authors are able to demonstrate selective sensing of PPi and ATP under physiological pH conditions for the first time. The macrocyclic ligand I was developed and is able to bind with zinc(II) as shown; this, in turn, switches on excimer emission in water.