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Zn2+/Cd2+optical discrimination by fluorescent acridine-based bis-macrocylic receptors
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- A new acridine-based fluorescent chemosensor, L2, featuring two sulfurated macrocyclic units has been synthesised. Proton and metal binding properties of L2 have been studied in H2O/CH3CN (1:1 v/v) by potentiometric and spectrophotometric measurements and compared with those of the analogous and previously published bis-macrocyclic receptor featuring two [9]aneN3units (L1). Despite a thermodynamic selectivity observed for Zn2+with both L1 and L2, L2 shows a marked sensing selectivity towards Cd2+via a chelation enhancement of fluorescence (CHEF) effect both in H2O/CH3CN (1:1 v/v) and in H2O using silica core-PEG shell nanoparticles as vehiculant. On the other hand, L1 shows a selective optical sensing towards Zn2+in agreement with the thermodynamic selectivity observed for the same metal ion.
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c573a0546759b282b48de16356724e00