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Urolithin B as a Simple, Selective, Fluorescent Probe for Sensing Iron(III) in Semi-Aqueous Solution

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The development of simple, environmental friendly, and cheap reagents with metal binding properties are quite important not only for the treatment of environmental pollution but also for their application in medicine. Within this study, for the first time, we displayed a natural chromen analogue, Urolithin B, as a simple, selective, fluorescent iron (III) sensing probe. Following the synthesis and structure identification studies, the selective metal binding property of the compound was displayed employing fluorescence techniques. Accordingly, urolithin B has the capacity to coordinate selectively to iron (III) with a 3:2 stoichiometry.

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  1. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Art and Science, Eastern Mediterranean University, TR.North Cyprus via Mersin 10, Gazimagusa, Turkey

    Amirhossein Fallah & Mustafa Gazi

  2. Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Eastern Mediterranean University, TR.North Cyprus via Mersin 10, Gazimagusa, Turkey

    Hayrettin Ozan Gülcan

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Fallah, A., Gülcan, H.O. & Gazi, M. Urolithin B as a Simple, Selective, Fluorescent Probe for Sensing Iron(III) in Semi-Aqueous Solution. J Fluoresc 28, 1255–1259 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-018-2290-8

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