Anion Sensing through Redox-Modulated Fluorescent Halogen Bonding and Hydrogen Bonding Hosts

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Anion sensing via either optical or electrochemical readouts has separately received enormous attention, however, a judicious combination of the advantages of both modalities remains unexplored. Toward this goal, we herein disclose a series of novel, redox-active, fluorescent, halogen bonding (XB) and hydrogen bonding (HB) BODIPY-based anion sensors, wherein the introduction of a ferrocene motif induces remarkable changes in the fluorescence response. Extensive fluorescence anion titration, lifetime and electrochemical studies reveal anion binding-induced emission modulation through intramolecular photoinduced electron transfer (PET), the magnitude of which is dependent on the nature of both the XB/HB donor and anion. Impressively, the XB sensor outperformed its HB congener in terms of anion binding strength and fluorescence switching magnitude, displaying significant fluorescence turn-OFF upon anion binding. In contrast, redox-inactive control receptors display a turn-ON response, highlighting the pronounced impact of the introduction of the redox-active ferrocene on the optical sensing performance. Additionally, the redox-active ferrocene motif also serves as an electrochemical reporter group, enabling voltammetric anion sensing in competitive solvents. The combined advantages of both sensing modalities were further exploited in a novel, proof-of-principle, fluorescence spectroelectrochemical anion sensing approach, enabling simultaneous and sensitive read out of optical and electrochemical responses in multiple oxidation states and at very low receptor concentration.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:63

Enthalten in:

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) - 63(2024), 6 vom: 05. Feb., Seite e202315959

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Taylor, Andrew J [VerfasserIn]
Hein, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Patrick, Sophie C [VerfasserIn]
Davis, Jason J [VerfasserIn]
Beer, Paul D [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anion Sensing
BODIPY
Halogen Bonding
Journal Article
Photoinduced Electron Transfer
Spectroelectrochemistry

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Date Revised 22.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/anie.202315959

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365542946