A fluorescent calix[4]arene as an intramolecular excimer-forming Na+ sensor in nonaqueous solution

1 January 1992

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 6,p. 499-501
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39920000499

Abstract

A new fluorescent calix[4]arene 2 has been synthesized as an intramolecular excimer-forming Na⁺ sensor which shows a change in fluorescent characteristics specifically upon complexation with Na⁺.

Keywords

FLUORESCENT CALIX
ARENE
NONAQUEOUS
SENSOR
INTRAMOLECULAR
EXCIMER
FLUORESCENT CHARACTERISTICS