Patent ID: 7045360

Claim:
A chiral detecting reagent comprising the structure (I): wherein R 1 and R 2 , and R 3 and R 4 taken together each independently comprise a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic or polycyclic aryl or heteroaromatic moiety; m is 1, 2, or 3; n is 0 or 1; Z or Y each independently comprise —O—, —S—, —Se—, —C(R) 2 — or —NR—; wherein each occurrence of the functional moiety R is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and methyl; X is a non-coordinating negative counter ion; and R 5 and R 6 independently comprise lower alkyl, a chiral reagent (CR) or a chiral reagent and linker (L-CR), whereby said chiral reagent is attached to the detecting agent via the linker, with the proviso that at least one of R 5 and R 6 is a chiral reagent (CR) or a chiral reagent and linker (L-CR).