Yuji Mikata et al.
Chemistry & biodiversity, 9(9), 2064-2075 (2012-09-15)
Quinoline-based tetradentate ligands with glucose pendants, N,N'-bis[2-(β-d-glucopyranosyloxy)ethyl]-N,N'-bis[(6-methoxyquinolin-2-yl)methyl]ethylenediamine (N,N'-6-MeOBQBGEN) and its N,N-counterpart, N,N-6-MeOBQBGEN, have been prepared, and their fluorescence-spectral changes upon Zn binding were investigated. Upon excitation at 336 nm, N,N'-6-MeOBQBGEN showed weak fluorescence (ϕ ≈ 0.016) in HEPES buffer (HEPES