Anthracene appended pyridinium amide–urea conjugate in selective fluorometric sensing of L-N-acetylvaline salt

• Kumaresh Ghosh,
• Tanmay Sarkar and
• Asoke P. Chattopadhyay

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1211–1218, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.139

• Kumaresh Ghosh Tanmay Sarkar Asoke P. Chattopadhyay Department of Chemistry, University of Kalyani, Kalyani-741235, India, Fax +91-33-25828282 10.3762/bjoc.6.139 Abstract A new anthracene labeled pyridinium amide–urea conjugate 1 has been designed and synthesized. The receptor shows a different

• ; pyridinium amide–urea conjugate; Introduction The design and synthesis of artificial receptors capable of recognizing α-hydroxy and N-acetyl-α-amino acid carboxylates (i.e., salts of α-amino acids) is an active area of interest in supramolecular chemistry due to the biological significance and practical