Halogen bonding BODIPY-appended pillar[5]arene for the optical sensing of dicarboxylates and a chemical warfare agent simulant.

Andrew J Taylor Jamie T Wilmore Paul D Beer

Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2024)

A pillar[5]arene host, functionalised with halogen bonding (XB) recognition sites and BODIPY fluorophores, demonstrates strong binding and optical sensing of environmentally relevant dicarboxylates and a chemical warfare agent simulant, in organic and competitive aqueous-organic media - enabled by the unprecedented combination of fluorophore-conjugated XB interactions with the hydrophobic pillar[5]arene host cavity.

Keyphrases

water soluble
fluorescent probe
living cells
high resolution
high speed
ionic liquid
binding protein
mass spectrometry
aqueous solution