| Summary: | Environmental pollution crisis, particularly mercury ions (Hg<sup>2+</sup>) contamination, seriously threatens the health of all living organisms. Many studies have shown that even extremely low concentrations of Hg<sup>2+</sup> can rigorously damage living organisms. Therefore, it is very much needed for real-time detection of Hg<sup>2+</sup>. To tackle mercury contamination and for its detection, we herewith proposed an intelligent design of a new fluorescent ‘turn-on’ probe, which was prepared based on the mercury-promoted hydrolysis of vinyl ether moiety. The probe rapidly reacted with mercury ions and showed good selectivity over other metal ions.
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