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4-N-Methyl-N'-(2-dihydroxyboryl-benzyl)amino benzonitrile and its boronate analogue sensing saccharides and fluoride ion.

Tan W, Zhang D, Zhu D

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Organic Solids Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.

DMABN (4-N,N-dimethylaminobenzonitrile) derivatives 1 and 2 were designed as new ratiometric fluorescent sensors for saccharides and fluoride ion (F(-)), respectively, based on the TICT (twisted intramolecular charge transfer) mechanism.

Published 6 April 2007 in Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 17(9): 2629-33.
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