Abstract
The aromatic rings in 4-O-dabsyl-6-O-dansyl-myo-inositol-1,3,5-orthoformate (6) participate in electron transfer causing static quenching as detected by the absence of fluorescence. Upon addition of acid, the orthoformate lock is cleaved, with subsequent conformational change of the myo-inositol ring from penta-axial to the more stable penta-equatorial chair, which causes some increase in fluorescence due to spatial separation of fluorophore and a quencher and reduction in static quenching. In the case of 4,6-O-bisdansyl-myo-inositol-1,3,5-orthoformate (3), the acid-induced removal of the orthoformate lock leads to substantial change of fluorescence following spatial separation of two dansyl groups. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5598-5603 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Tetrahedron |
Volume | 64 |
Issue number | 23 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Jun 2008 |
Keywords
- Conformation
- Excimer
- Exciplex
- Fluorescent probe
- Inositol
- Static quenching
- Trigger