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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Org Chem. 2017 Jul 14;82(15):8199–8205. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b00845

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Near-IR K+ sensor KNIR-1 consists of a TAC K+ binding domain covalently linked to an oxazine fluorophore. Binding of K+ to the TAC domain quenches photoinduced electron transfer (PET) from the o-alkoxyaniline moiety to the oxazine fluorophore, resulting in enhanced fluorescence emission.