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Chem. Commun., 2002, 1414 - 1415, DOI: 10.1039/b111259g


Stereochemical control of Zn(II)/Cu(II) selectivity in piperidine tripod ligands

Zhaohua Dai, Xiaodong Xu and James W. Canary


Stereochemistry plays a major role in the selectivity toward zinc ion over copper(II) of some tripodal ligands with a central piperidine scaffold, one of which acts as a fluorescent zinc sensor with nanomolar sensitivity.

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