Anion binding and sensing properties of bis(3-indolyl)methene derivatives based on proton transfer process

Letters in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-65

  Wang, Litao ^a,b   He, Xiaoming ^a,b   Guo, Yong ^a   Xua, Jian ^a   Shao, Shijun ^a  

^a LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Anion recognition; Bis(3 indolyl)methene; Colorimetric chemosensor; Hydrogen bond; Proton transfer; Tunable selectivity and sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751510368     PISSN: 15701786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157017811794557796     Document Type: Article

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