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A Simple Levulinate-based Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe for Sulfite with a Large Emission Shift

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A simple 4-hydroxynaphthalimide-derived colorimetric and ratiometric fluorescent probe (1) containing a receptor of levulinate moiety was designed and synthesized to monitor sulfite. Probe 1 could quantificationally detect sulfite by a ratiometric fluorescence spectroscopy method with high selectivity and sensitivity. Specially, probe 1 exhibited a 100 nm red-shifted absorption spectrum along with the color changes from colorless to yellow, and 103 nm red-shifted emission spectra upon the addition of sulfite. Thus, 1 can serve as a “naked-eye” probe for sulfite. Further, the recognition mechanism of probe 1 for sulfite was confirmed using nuclear magnetic resonance and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Also, the preliminary practical application demonstrated that our proposed probe provided a promising method for the determination of sulfite.

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    Caiyun Liu, Huifang Wu, Wen Yang & Xiaoling Zhang

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Liu, C., Wu, H., Yang, W. et al. A Simple Levulinate-based Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe for Sulfite with a Large Emission Shift. ANAL. SCI. 30, 589–593 (2014). https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.30.589

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