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Seon-Yeong Gwon1, Eun-Mi Lee, Sung-Hoon Kim
1Department of Textile System Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
Simple hemicyanine dyes were synthesized by a classical condensation reaction. The structures of these dyes were characterized by (1)H NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and FAB-Mass spectrometry. The sensing behavior of the hemicyanines towards a selection of anions was investigated by UV-vis absorption spectroscopy. These structurally simple dyes displayed a rapid response and high selectivity for cyanide ion over other common anions in the DMSO/H(2)O solution. Different sensing mechanism of the dyes to cyanide ion were confirmed by (1)H NMR studies, together with theoretical calculations based on DFT and PPP-MO methods. These dyes show no colorimetric response for other anions investigated.
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