Khurana R, Barooah N, Bhasikuttan AC, Mohanty J. Modulation in the acidity constant of acridine dye with cucurbiturils: stimuli-responsive pKa tuning and dye relocation into live cells.
Org Biomol Chem 2017;
15:8448-8457. [DOI:
10.1039/c7ob02135f]
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Abstract
Cucurbit[7/8]uril–acridine complexes result in striking modulation of the excited state properties of acridine and allowed a tunable upward pKa shift, which is applied for controlled relocation of the dye from the host to live cells.
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