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An Aptamer-based Sensor for Unchelated Gadolinium(III)
Published on: January 9, 2017
Chiral salen Mn(III) complex-based enantioselective potentiometric sensor for L-mandelic acid
Lan Xu1, Yuanyuan Yang, Yaqiong Wang
1Key Laboratory on Luminescence and Real-Time Analysis, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Beibei Tiansheng Road 2#, Chongqing 400715, PR China. xulan@swu.edu.cn
Abstract:
A new enantioselective potentiometric sensor containing chiral salen Mn(III) as the chiral selector was designed for the assay of L-mandelic acid (L-MA). Optimized membrane electrodes displayed linear dynamic range from 1x10(-5) to 1x10(-1) mol L(-1) with a detection limit of 7.2x10(-6) mol L(-1) and a Nernstian response of -58.1+/-0.5 mV decade(-1) towards L-MA within pH range 7.0-10.2. The potentiometric enantioselectivity coefficient (logK(L,D)(Pot)) of this sensor was -4.0, indicating that the chiral salen Mn(III) complex-based electrode exhibited fairly good discrimination toward L-MA over counter isomer D-MA. The mechanism of chiral recognition for L-MA is discussed by using HF/STO-3G calculation method simulation.
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