Benzylic Trifluoromethyl Accelerates 1,6-Elimination Toward Rapid Probe Activation
Liming Wang, Aditya Sivakumar, Rui Zhang, Sarah Cho, Yuhyun Kim, Tushar Aggarwal, Lu Wang, Enver Çagrı Izgü
This paper introduces a fluorescent probe that rapidly detects hydrogen sulfide in live cells through a benzylic trifluoromethyl group-enhanced 1,6-elimination reaction.
bioRxiv · May 30, 2024 · PreprintBiochemistry