Boronic Acid Functionalized Viologens as Saccharide Sensors

Boronic Acid Functionalized Viologens as Saccharide Sensors 

This chapter summarizes research carried out at University of California, Santa Cruz to develop a non-enzymatic, optical approach to continuous saccharide sensing. It is based on the coupling of a fluorophore with analyte binding quencher. This review follows the progress of our research in the saccharide sensing field over the past 17 years. The review is organized into five parts (Sections 5.2-5.6). 

Interested readers are encouraged to consult the original papers cited in this chapter for further details of the work. Several excellent, recent reviews of boronic acid-based fluorescent sensing systems are already available. Therefore, citation of other work in this field is only made where it is germane to our studies. 

The design and synthesis of chemosensors for biologically important molecules has developed into a major research area. Progress has been driven by 

Boron Sensing, Synthesis and Supramolecular Self-Assembly 

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