Two six-membered spirocyclic rhodamine derivatives containing substituted pyrroles (1 and 2) were shown to exhibit preferential dual mode 'turn-on' signaling responses in the presence of Hg2+ ions through complexation mediated spiro-ring opening. Although the rate of spiro-ring opening mediated through complexation is much slower in these probes in comparison to their five membered analogues, they exhibited a comparable sensitivity in metal ion detection.
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