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Product Code B3881-1g
Price £40 ex. VAT

Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) Triphenylethylene Ligand

A formyl bridging ligand linker for covalent polymeric frameworks (CPFs) in application of aggregation induced emission (AIE), and iodide ion and mercury cation detections


Specifications | MSDS | Literature and Reviews


4-(1,2,2-Triphenylvinyl)benzaldehyde (TPVBA), CAS number 1289218-74-1, contains a tetraphenylethylene (TPE) core with one aldehyde function group joined at 4-position of one of the phenyl rings.

TPE-CMS luminescent polymeric nanoprobes (LPNs), obtained by mixing 4-(1,2,2-triphenylvinyl) benzaldehyde with carboxyl methyl starch sodium (CMS) and amino phenylboronic acid in a one-pot reaction, showed high water dispersibility, well biocompatibility and efficient cell internalization behaviour.

TPE-QN, a tetraphenylethene (TPE)-functionalized quinolinium salt with hexafluorophosphate (PF6) as the counterion, exhibited intense red emission in aqueous media. The emission of TPE-QN can be effectively quenched in the presence of I, For this reason, TPE-QN can be used as a fluorescent sensor for I with a great low detection limit of 22.6 nM. Moreover, TPE-QN can act as a secondary fluorescent sensor for Hg2+ with a detection limit of 71.8 nM due to the high affinity between Hg2+ and I.

MOF and COF ligands

MOF and COF ligands

Aldehyde ligand for end-capping COF networks

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High purity 1289218-74-1

High purity

>98% High purity

Facile reactions

Facile reactions

Aldehyde possesses excellent reactivity

General Information

CAS Number 1289218-74-1
Chemical Formula C27H20O
Full Name 4-(Triphenylvinyl)benzaldehyde
Molecular Weight 360.45 g/mol
Synonyms TPVBA, TPE-CHO, 1-(4-Formylphenyl)-1,2,2-triphenylethene
Family tetraphenylethylenes, Carbaldehydes, COFs

Chemical Structure


1289218-74-1 - 4-(1,2,2-triphenylvinyl)benzaldehyde chemical structure
4-(1,2,2-triphenylvinyl)benzaldehyde (TPVBA) Chemical Structure, 1289218-74-1

Product Details


Purity >98%
Melting Point 151 °C
Appearance White to off-white to yellow powder/crystals

MSDS Documentation


1289218-74-1 - 4-(1,2,2-triphenylvinyl)benzaldehyde4-(1,2,2-Triphenylvinyl)benzaldehyde MSDS Sheet

Literature and Reviews


  1. Fabrication and biological imaging application of AIE-active luminescent starch based nanoprobes, M. Liu et al., Carbohydr. Polym., 142, 38-44 (2016); DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.01.030.
  2. A highly sensitive fluorescent sensor with aggregation-induced emission characteristics for the detection of iodide and mercury ions in aqueous solution, R. Zhang et al., J. Mater. Chem. C, 4, 10479-10485 (2016); DOI: 10.1039/C6TC03696A.
  3. Efficient blue non-doped OLEDs with new tetraphenylethene-based aggregation-induced emission molecules, D. Tavgeniene et al., Dye. Pigm., 216, 111319 (2023); DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2023.111319.
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