Bis-triazolyl indoleamines as unique "off-approach-on" chemosensors for copper and fluorine.

Bis-triazolyl indoleamine-based chemosensors that respond to copper, and then fluorine as presumably facilitated by the high-affinity interaction between F(-) and the NH-proton of indole, are reported. Remarkable fluorimetric as well as colorimetric alternations upon the specific ligand-ion recognitions were observed.