Patent 7358403 was granted and assigned to Japan Science and Technology Agency on April, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An optically active compound having an unsaturated bond at an optically active binding site, wherein the unsaturated bond and a fluorescent substituent or a substituent capable of imparting fluorescence are united in a conjugated manner; and a chiral sensor comprising the optically active compound as defined above. The chiral sensor can highly selectively recognize a specified chiral compound in high sensitivity.