David Oesch, N. Luedtke
Jul 23, 2015
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Chemical communications
Abstract
4-4'-Disubstituted biphenyl boronic acids (BBAs) are push-pull fluorophores with "turn-on" fluorescence properties. Upon carbohydrate triol binding, BBA boronate esters can participate in photon-induced electron transfer, giving a twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) complex. The resulting TICT emissions distinguish between carbohydrates that bind to boron as a diol versus triol unit, thereby revealing stereochemical information about the carbohydrate.