A novel fluorescent probe for Au(III)/Au(I) ions based on an intramolecular hydroamination of a Bodipy derivative and its application to bioimaging.

Jian-Bo Wang, Qing-Qing Wu, Yuan-Zeng Min, Yang-Zhong Liu, Qin-Hua Song

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) 48(5) , 744-6, (2012)

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Abstract

A novel fluorescent probe for gold ions (Au(3+)/Au(+)) is reported through blocking photoinduced electron transfer, in which a boron dipyrromethene (Bodipy) derivative reveals high selectivity and sensitivity in a gold-catalyzed intramolecular hydroamination, and is successfully applied to fluorescence imaging of Au(3+) in living cells.