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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
卷 131, 期 47, 页码 17452-17463出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja9060646
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- NSFC [20642003, 20634040, 20833008, 40806042]
- Ministry of Education [SRFDP-200801410004, NCET-08-0077]
- PCSIRT [IRT0711]
- NKBRSF [2007CB815202]
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals [KF0710, KF0802]
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics [2008009]
- Education Department of Liaoning Province [2009T015]
- Dalian University of Technology [SFDUT07005, 1000-893394]
We have synthesized three new phenylethynylated carbazole boronic acid sensors, which were predicted to display novel d-PeT fluorescence transduction (PeT, photoinduced electron transfer; fluorophore as the electron donor of the electron transfer, ET) by DFT/TDDFT calculations. The d-PeT effect is characterized by a lower background fluorescence at acidic pH than at neutral pH, which is in stark contrast to the normal a-PeT effect (fluorophore as the electron acceptor of the ET) that shows a strong and undesired background fluorescence at acidic pH. Our experimental results confirmed the theoretical predictions and d-PeT was observed for two of the sensors (with p-dimethylaminophenylethynyl substitution at 6- position of the carbazole core). For the third sensor (with phenylethynyl substitution at 6- position of the carbazole core), however, not d-PeT but rather the normal a-PeT was observed. The discrepancy between the DFT/TDDFT calculations and the experimental observations can be rationalized using free energy changes (Rehm-Weller equations) and the rate constants for the ET (k(ET), Marcus equation). These new d-PeT boronic acid sensors show improved photophysical properties compared to the known d-PeT sensor reported previously by us. In particular, the fluorescence transduction efficiency of the new sensors was improved 8-fold when compared to the known d-PeT boronic acid sensors. Novel fluorescence enhancement/reduction was observed for one of the sensors upon binding with mandelic acid or tartaric acid at pH 5.6. The effect of pH as well as the bonding with analytes on the emission of the sensors were rationalized using DFT/TDDFT calculations. We believe that rational sensor design aided by DFT/TDDFT calculations as well as using free energy changes and electron transfer rate constants to study the emission properties of PeT sensors will become an essential tool in the design of new fluorophores or fluorescent sensors with predetermined photophysical properties.
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