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Toward the Development of the Direct and Selective Detection of Nitrates by a Bioinspired Mo–Cu System

H Marom, Y Popowski, S Antonov, M Gozin

Index: Marom, Hanit; Antonov, Svetlana; Popowski, Yanay; Gozin, Michael Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2011 , vol. 76, # 13 p. 5240 - 5246

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Abstract

The development of a new platform for the direct and selective detection of nitrates is described. Two thioether-based chemosensors and the corresponding sulfoxides and sulfones were prepared, and their photophysical properties were evaluated. Upon selective sulfoxidation of these thioethers with nitrates via an oxygen-transfer reaction promoted by a bioinspired Mo–Cu system, significant fluorescence shifts were measured. A selective ...