A facile 6-aminoagarose (AA) mediated synthesis of new fluorogenic amides of agarose with nicotinic (AA-NA) and picolinic acids (AA-PA) employing carbodiimide chemistry have been described. 6-Amino agarose (AA) was synthesized in a facile Mitsunobu-inspired microwave mediated method involving the reaction of agarose with phthalimide in presence of diisopropyl azodicarboxylate and triphenylphosphene (DIAD/TPP) followed by hydrazinolysis. All compounds were characterized by GPC, UV spectrophotometry, fluorescence spectroscopy, FT-IR, 1H and 13C NMR spectra. The fluorescence emissions (λmax 430 and 412 nm) of 1 × 10-3 M solutions of AA-NA and AA-PA in water were significantly higher (ca. 82% and ca. 90%) than those of the molar equivalents (0.2 mg) of NA and PA present in the 1 × 10-3 M solutions of the amides, respectively. These fluorogenic pyridine carboxylic acid amides of agarose may find applications as sensors in biomedical and pharmaceutical industries. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
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Kondaveeti, S., Mehta, G. K., & Siddhanta, A. K. (2014). Modification of agarose: 6-Aminoagarose mediated syntheses of fluorogenic pyridine carboxylic acid amides. Carbohydrate Polymers, 106(1), 365–373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.02.051
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