Triphenylphosphine (PPh 3 ) and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (Pd(PPh 3 ) 4 ) are harmful at extremely low concentration, thus it is essential to explore selective and sensitive method to detect them. Based on Staudinger reaction mechanism, here we present a simple excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) fluorescent probe (HBTN) for detection of PPh 3 and Pd(PPh 3 ) 4 over other phosphine derivatives with differential channel fluorescence (enol and keto emission). The reaction-typed fluorescence probe with novel Staudinger reaction mechanism offers very low autofluorescence and a large signal-to-noise response signal, which is beneficial for the sensitive detection of PPh 3 and Pd(PPh 3 ) 4 . Moreover, HBTN can be used for efficiently detecting Pd(PPh 3 ) 4 residues in highly purified products and imaging PPh 3 in living cells.
Liu Wen-na,Fan Jun,Lin Chun,Zheng Sheng-run,Zhang Wei-guang
A new cyclosporine-bonded stationary phase has been synthesized through the Staudinger reaction between azido cyclosporine A (CsA) and aminopropyl silica gel and applied in separations of six disubstituted aromatic analytes by high-performance liquid chromatography. For dimethyl phthalate, nitroaniline and chloronitrobenzene, their positional isomers were well-separated on this CsA stationary phase, in which the separation factor for m-/o-dimethyl phthalates was the biggest. For nitrotoluene, dichlorobenzene and benzenediol, the m-/o-isomers were co-eluted. Then, effects of chromatographic conditions (such as types and content of alcoholic modifiers) on separation of nitroaniline positional isomers have been investigated. Retention behaviors of nitroaniline isomers on the column exhibited the strengthening trend along with increasing carbon number of alcohols, from ethanol to 1-propanol, and to 1-butanol. A similar phenomenon was observed by lowering the content of alcohol.