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Triphenylamine based reactive coloro/fluorimetric chemosensors: Structural isomerism and solvent dependent
Anu Kundu1, Savarimuthu Philip Anthony1
1School of Chemical & Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur -613401, Tamil Nadu, India.
Abstract:
Triphenyl amine based chemosensors, (2-(((2-(9H-carbazol-9-yl)phenyl)imino)methyl)-5-(diphenylamino)phenol (ortho-CPDP) and 2-(((4-(9H-carbazol-9-yl)phenyl)imino)methyl)-5-(diphenylamino)phenol (para-CPDP), showed solvent and isomerism dependent selective coloro/fluorometric sensing of multiple metal ions (Fe3+, Al3+ and Zn2+) with distinguishable responses. In CH3CN, ortho and para-CPDP selectively produced yellow color upon addition of Al3+ and Fe3+ that was slowly disappeared. The yellow color of ortho and para-CPDP in DMF was decolourised selectively by adding Al3+ and Fe3+. Both ortho and para-CPDP in CH3CN showed nearly similar rate of decolourization for Fe3+ and Al3+. However, the rate of decolourization of ortho and para-CPDP in DMF was different for Fe3+ (10μM, 8min) and Al3+ (5×10-4M, 40min) ions. The limit of detection of para-CPDP for Fe3+ is 10μM and Al3+ 500μM. The mechanistic studies revealed the imine hydrolysis of ortho and para-CPDP in presence of Lewis acidic Fe3+ and Al3+. The reactivity based sensing lead to high selectivity for Al3+ and Fe3+ ions. Further, para-CPDP exhibited selective fluorescence turn-on for Zn2+ in DMF (λmax=513nm) and detection limit of 6.0μM. Thus, reactive chemosensors, ortho and para-CPDP, exhibited selective and distinguishable colorimetric sensing of Fe3+ and Al3+ ions and isomerism and solvent dependent fluorescence sensing of Zn2+.
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