Patents

Adenine is a purine nucleobase which is used in forming nucleotides of the nucleic acids. The invention relates to compound of formula I which can detect free adenine and even in AMP, ADP, ATP and DNA at very low concentration. The compound of formula I is a sensor molecule for fluorescence or luminescence-based detection of adenine analyte. Further, the invention relates to process for the preparation of compound of formula I. A kit is prepared by using the compound of formula I for the detection of adenine.