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A Polyaniline-based Sensor of Nucleic Acids
Published on: November 1, 2016
A novel multichromic Zn(II) cationic coordination polymer based on a new flexible viologen ligand exhibiting aniline
Jia Yun Zou1, Jie Ji1, Mei Hong Fan1
1State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130000, People's Republic of China. lgd@jlu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
In this work, a novel multichromic cationic coordination polymer, named [Zn4(BTC)3(bcbpy)2]·5H2O (1), based on a new flexible viologen ligand 1,1'-bis(3-cyanobenzyl)-[4,4'-bipyridine]-1,1'-diium (H2bcbpy·2Cl), Zn(NO3)2·6H2O and pyromellitic acid (H4BTC) was synthesized. Compound 1 has good photosensitive activity and can respond to sunlight at room temperature. The colour of compound 1 changes rapidly in response to UV light and blue ray irradiation within 5 s. We rarely obtained the crystal structures after irradiation under UV light and blue ray. At the same time, compound 1 shows the hydrochromism phenomenon when heated at 120 °C, and it also shows the ability of detecting aniline and NO2- under low-concentration conditions (10-4 M).
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