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A Fast-Response, Phenanthroimidazole-Based Fluorescent Probe for Selective Detection of HClO

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A new phenanthroimidazole-based fluorescence probe for selective detection of HClO was synthesized and characterized using 1HNMR, 13CNMR, IR, and HRMS. With benzenesulfonohydrazide as the identification group, the probe demonstrated a fast fluorescence response from yellow-green to blue when the HC = N double bond was oxidized and broken into an aldehyde group by HClO. The probe showed high selectivity and sensitivity towards HClO with approximately 4.5-fold fluorescence enhancement and has been successfully applied in the molecular logic gate, determination of HClO in environmental water samples, and portable HClO detection.

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All authors contributed to the study's conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by Enhui Dai and Yumiao Sheng. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Enhui Dai. The conceptualization, resources, supervision, and writing-review & editing were performed by Yunling Gao. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Highlights

• Probe PIBH showed good selectivity for HClO over other reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species.

• It was easy to synthesize and demonstrated the fast fluorescence increase by HClO.

• The intensity at 436 nm had linear relationship with concentrations of HClO in the range of 0-1000 μM with the detection limit of 6.74 μM.

• A molecular logic gate combining AND and OR was established.

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Dai, E., Sheng, Y. & Gao, Y. A Fast-Response, Phenanthroimidazole-Based Fluorescent Probe for Selective Detection of HClO. J Fluoresc (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-023-03376-z

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