Avl Medical Instruments Ag

Thomas Gareis

Otto S Wolfbeis

Marco J Leiner

Tobias Werner

Christian Huber

Andrei Boila-Gockel

Jorg Daub

Matthias Kollmannsberger

Stefan Heinl

The invention relates to a compound having the general Formula I in which one of the groups R.sub.1,R.sub.2,R.sub.3,R.sub.4,R.sub.5,R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 represents an ionophoric moiety and the remaining groups each independently are hydrogen, a lipophilic or hydrophilic group or a reactive group for coupling to a polymer or a biomolecule, or R.sub.2 forms an aromatic ring system together with R.sub.3 and R.sub.5 forms an aromatic ring system together with R.sub.6. the compound of the invention is useful as a luminescence indicator for cations.

Luminescence indicator including ionophoric moiety

The invention relates to a compound having the general Formula I ##STR1## in which one of the groups R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 represents an ionophoric moiety and the remaining groups each independently are hydrogen, a lipophilic or hydrophilic group or a reactive group for coupling to a polymer or a biomolecule, or R.sub.2 forms an aromatic ring system together with R.sub.3 and R.sub.5 forms an aromatic ring system together with R.sub.6. The compound of the invention is useful as a luminescence indicator for alkali ions.

Luminescence indicator

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