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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 11.
Published in final edited form as: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2010 Oct 11;49(42):7710–7713. doi: 10.1002/anie.201002853

Table 1.

Mn2+ and Ca2+ affinities and spectroscopic properties of ligands.

logK
selectivity

log(KMn/KCa)
λ max
ϕ f
ligands Mn2+ Ca2+ Mg2+ Zn2+ Free
ligand
Mn2+
complex
Ex Em Free
ligand
Mn2+
Complex
BAPTA 9.14 6.89 1.69 9.41 2.25 290(4.8)[a] 278 (4.5) -- -- -- --
1 8.62 3.79 0.76 9.19 4.83 286 (6.3) 283 (4.1) -- -- -- --
2 7.01 2.96 0.42 6.16 4.05 493 (84) 493 (100) 493 519 0.10 0.37
3 8.00 3.33 0.93 7.09 4.68 507 (80) 507 (92) 505 530 0.13 0.49
[a]

In parentheses is the corresponding molar absorption coefficient ε in units of 103 L mol−1 cm−1.