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Guomin Xia1, Yang Liu, Benfei Ye
1Institute for Advanced Study and School of Chemistry, Nanchang University, 999 Xuefu Road, Nanchang, Jiangxi 33031, China. Hongmingwang@ncu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
An unsymmetrical squaraine-based chemosensor SH2 has been synthesized, and its sensing behavior towards CO2 gas was described in detail by UV-vis and (1)H NMR spectroscopies in DMSO. The results indicated that the extremely sensitive "naked-eye" CO2 gas detection can be operated in the presence of excess [Bu4N]F (TBAF) and the sensor is easy to recycle. These properties enable SH2 to act as a CO2 and F(-) controlled "OFF-ON-OFF" switch. Combining theoretical analyses, a plausible sensing mechanism was proposed to illustrate how the receptor SH2 works as a CO2 sensitive and selective colorimetric probe in the present system.
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