Mei-Hong Ge, A-Ling Tang, Feng Gao, Shuai Tan, Wei Niu, Xiang Zhou, Song Yang
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Abstract
Salicylic acid (SA) functions as a critical phytohormone coordinating developmental regulation and defense responses in plants. Understanding SA's regulatory roles in both homeostasis and stress adaptation necessitates advanced monitoring platforms. We designed six rhodamine probes (R1-R6) containing spirolactam or spirohydrazone bridges to systematically evaluate five-membered spiro structures for SA detection. Furthermore, through Fourier infrared experiments (FTIR) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we performed molecular orbital analysis to disclose the SA-responsive mechanism underlying the rhodamine ring-opening process induced by SA. Comparative analysis revealed that spirohydrazone-modified probes displayed enhanced fluorescence performance and improved molecular recognition specificity for SA. The optimized probe R2, incorporating a quinoline moiety, achieved exceptional sensing performance through synergistic hydrogen bonding and C-H…π interactions, demonstrating high selectivity, rapid response kinetics (< 30 s), and excellent sensitivity (LOD = 0.87 μM). Overall, this study successfully visualized endogenous SA distribution in living tomato root systems, establishing a novel design framework for acylhydrazone-based rhodamine sensors and elucidating the SA response mechanism through molecular dynamics simulations.
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Molecular Diversity is a new publication forum for the rapid publication of refereed papers dedicated to describing the development, application and theory of molecular diversity and combinatorial chemistry in basic and applied research and drug discovery. The journal publishes both short and full papers, perspectives, news and reviews dealing with all aspects of the generation of molecular diversity, application of diversity for screening against alternative targets of all types (biological, biophysical, technological), analysis of results obtained and their application in various scientific disciplines/approaches including:
combinatorial chemistry and parallel synthesis;
small molecule libraries;
microwave synthesis;
flow synthesis;
fluorous synthesis;
diversity oriented synthesis (DOS);
nanoreactors;
click chemistry;
multiplex technologies;
fragment- and ligand-based design;
structure/function/SAR;
computational chemistry and molecular design;
chemoinformatics;
screening techniques and screening interfaces;
analytical and purification methods;
robotics, automation and miniaturization;
targeted libraries;
display libraries;
peptides and peptoids;
proteins;
oligonucleotides;
carbohydrates;
natural diversity;
new methods of library formulation and deconvolution;
directed evolution, origin of life and recombination;
search techniques, landscapes, random chemistry and more;