Abstract Hugo Schiff (1864), was the first who synthesized Schiff bases by the condensation
reaction of primary amines with carbonyl compounds (aldehyde or ketone). Schiff bases …

Crown ethers, discovered by the winner of the Nobel Prize Charles Pedersen, are cyclic
chemical compounds that consist of a ring or multiple rings containing several ether groups …

The ability to spatiotemporally identify the formation of specific anionic species, or track
changes in their concentration inside living systems, is of critical importance in deciphering …

Among several anions, iodide (I−) ions play a crucial role in human biological activities. In
it's molecular form (I2), iodine is utilized for several industrial applications such as syntheses …

Owing to the considerable significance of fluoride anions for health and environmental
issues, it is of great importance to develop methods that can rapidly, sensitively and …

An easy-to-make salicylimine (L) bearing an “O–N–O”-coordination site was used as a
highly selective fluorescent sensor for Al3+ and PPi in aqueous solution. Sensor L showed a …

Impaired chloride transport affects diverse processes ranging from neuron excitability to
water secretion, which underlie epilepsy and cystic fibrosis, respectively. The ability to image …

The first ratiometric fluorescent probe for γ-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT) was developed,
which functions through GGT-induced variation of substitution and subsequent changes in …

An NBD-armed tetraaza macrocyclic lysosomal-targeted fluorescent probe for detecting
Cu2+ was synthesized and used for fluorescence imaging in HeLa cells. The probe was …

In this work, the study of the new ligand 3, 3′-bis [N, N-bis (pyridine-2-ylmethyl)
aminomethyl]-2, 2′-dihydroxybiphenyl (L) is reported, where a central 2, 2′-biphenol …