2-(4-Formylphenyl)phenanthroimidazole as a colorimetric and fluorometric probe for selective fluoride ion sensing
Fanpeng Kong1, Qingjian Liu, Xue Wu
1Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072 People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
An easy-to-prepare chemosensor, 2-(4-formylphenyl)phenanthroimidazole 1, synthesized by facile one-step condensation under microwave irradiation, has been indicated to be a colorimetric and fluorometric probe for fluoride anion with good sensitivity and high selectivity. This probe shows obvious red shift and absorbance intensity changes in UV absorption and fluorescence spectra in the presence of fluoride anions. Such color and absorbance intensity changes are attributed to the deprotonation of N-H on the imidazole moiety with fluoride anion.
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