A dual role of phenylboronic acid as a receptor for carbohydrates as well as a quencher for neighboring pyrene fluorophore

Lok Nath Neupane, Chuda Raj Lohani, Jeongho Kim, Keun Hyeung Lee

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

20 Scopus citations

Abstract

A simple amino acid based compound (1) containing a phenyl boronic group and pyrene fluorophore showed an enhanced fluorescence in aqueous solutions at physiological pH through suppression of the photoinduced electron transfer from pyrene to boronic acid on carbohydrate binding. The compound exhibited an interesting fluorescence change depending on pH with decreased emission intensity at acidic pH but enhanced emission intensity at basic pH unlike the fluorescent carbohydrate chemosensors using a PET process with amine and aryl-boronic acid. We have characterized a dual role of phenylboronic acid as a receptor for carbohydrates as well as a quencher for the fluorescence of pyrene fluorophore.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11057-11063
Number of pages7
JournalTetrahedron
Volume69
Issue number52
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Dec 2013

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by a grant ( 2012R1AB3000574 ) from the National Research Foundation and a grant ( 201200054 0013 ) from the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute .

Keywords

  • Carbohydrate
  • Chemosensor
  • Phenylboronic acid
  • Sugar
  • Turn on

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'A dual role of phenylboronic acid as a receptor for carbohydrates as well as a quencher for neighboring pyrene fluorophore'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this