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ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
Volume 12, Issue 22, Pages 3641-3648Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c4ob00147h
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A family of fluorescent push-pull pH-responsive probes based on 2-dicyanomethylidene-3-cyano-4,5,5-trimethyl-2,5-dihydrofuran as a strong electron acceptor group is described. Small structural variations allow obtaining pK(a) ranging from 4.8 to 8.6, underlining the role of the substituent in modulating the acidic properties. Remarkable changes in the optical properties (in particular the fluorescence intensity ratios) were observed as a function of pH. The most interesting probes with pK(a) close to neutrality were used for ratiometric imaging of intracellular pH.
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