• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.1093-1096
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• 2009

Two new chemosensors 1 and 2 derived from 5,12- and 5,7-dioxocyclams were prepared and their signaling behaviors toward transition metal ions were investigated. Chemosensors 1 and 2 showed very efficient responses toward $Cu_{2+}$ and $Hg_{2+}$ ions. Ratiometric analysis of the fluorescence changes in pyrene monomer and excimer emissions clearly demonstrated the $Cu_{2+}$- and $Hg_{2+}$-selective signaling behavior. The signaling mechanism of the chemosensors is due to conformation changes upon complexation with metal ions and the inherent quenching nature of the complexed $Cu_{2+}$ and $Hg_{2+}$ ions themselves.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.20 no.8
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• pp.917-920
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• 1999

The three stereoisomers of the 6,13-bis(thymidinyl)dioxocyclam 6 were synthesized through photoreaction of the chromium alkoxycarbene complex 2 and 1-(benzyloxycarbonyl)-4,4-dimethyl-D 2 -imidazoline. The molecular structure of (R,S)-6 was elucidated by X-ray crystallography.