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A Highly Efficient BODIPY Based Turn-off Fluorescent Probe for Detecting Cu2+

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Based on boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY), taking 2-hydroxy-N-(2-hydroxyphenyl)benzamide as recognition site, a new fluorescent probe HHPBA-BODIPY aimed at sensitively detecting Cu ions was designed, synthesized and characterized.The emission spectra of HHPBA-BODIPY exhibited an intensive green fluorescence around 510 nm, with a maximum absorption near 500 nm. When Cu2+ ions are present, the fluorescence at 510 nm can be quenched with a good linearity between the copper ion concentrationand the fluorescence intensity and the detection limit is 0.35 μM. HHPBA-BODIPY is also selective toward Cu2+, while other metal ions show no interfere except Fe3+ and Cr3+ ions. In addition, HHPBA-BODIPY also proved efficient to detect Cu2+ in water samples which offers the possibility to detect trace amount of Cu2+ for environmental monitoring. Copper ions; BODIPY; fluorescent probe.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (21876073).

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    Ruopei Sun, Lusheng Wang, Chao Jiang, Ziyao Du, Suwen Chen & Wangsuo Wu

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Sun, R., Wang, L., Jiang, C. et al. A Highly Efficient BODIPY Based Turn-off Fluorescent Probe for Detecting Cu2+. J Fluoresc 30, 883–890 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-020-02544-9

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