Chemistry Letters, Vol.29, No.8, 940-941, 2000
Electrochemical saccharide recognition by a phenylboronic acid-terminated redox active self-assembled monolayer on a gold electrode
Phenylboronic acid-terminated viologen-carrying alkyl disulfide (1) and a reference compound 2 were designed and synthesized. Self-assembled monolayers of 1 on gold electrodes were found to function as a highly sensitive saccharide sensor in aqueous solution.