• Mohammed S. Mohammed
  • Igor S. Kovalev
  • Natalya V. Slovesnova
  • Leila K. Sadieva
  • Vadim A. Platonov
  • Grigory A. Kim
  • Rammohan Aluru
  • Alexander S. Novikov
  • Olga S. Taniya
  • Valery N. Charushin

Two new azaheterocycle-based bolas, such as (1-(4-(5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)phenyl)-1 H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)-methylenyls α,ω-bisfunctionalized PEGs, were prepared via Cu-catalyzed click reaction between 2-(4-azidophenyl)-5-(aryl)-oxadiazole-1,3,4 and terminal ethynyls derived from PEG-3 and PEG-4. Due to the presence of two heteroaromatic cores and a PEG linker, these bola molecules are considered as promising fluorescent chemosensors for electron-deficient species. As a result of a well-pronounced "turn-off" fluorescence response towards common nitro-explosive components, such as 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT) and 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), hard-to-detect pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), as well as Hg 2+ cation was observed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number5256
JournalMolecules
Volume28
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Jul 2023

    Research areas

  • Explosive Agents, Trinitrotoluene, Stokes shift, Azidocoumarin, 3′-O-Alkynyl-uridine & -thymidine, Coumarin-triazolylmethyl nucleoside conjugates, Photophysical study, Click chemistry

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