1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, People’s Republic of China 2. School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, People’s Republic of China
Abstract:
A new thiophenyl pyrazoline probe for Cu2+ in aqueous solution was synthesized and characterized by IR, NMR, HRMS and X-ray analysis. The probe displays remarkably high selectivity and sensitivity for Cu2+ with a detection limit of 1.919?×?10?7 M in aqueous solution (EtOH:HEPES = 1:1, v/v, 0.02 M, pH?=?7.2). In addition, the probe is further successfully used to image Cu2+ in living cells and the probe possesses good reversibility.
A new thiophenyl pyrazoline probe can be used to image Cu2+ in living cells with good reversibility