New Hg2+ and Cu2+ selective chromo- and fluoroionophore based on a bichromophoric azine.

[graph: see text] A new probe, 1,4-bis(1-pyrenyl)-2,3-diaza-1,3-butadiene, selectively senses Hg2+ and Cu2+ through two different channels: the yellow-deep-pink color change and the enhancement of the fluorescence with the red shift of the excimer emission, which can visually be discernible by a green fluorescence in the presence of Hg2+ and an orange fluorescence in the presence of Cu2+.

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