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Structure and Coordination Determination of Peptide-metal Complexes Using 1D and 2D 1H NMR
Published on: December 16, 2013
A zinc (II) complex comprising an aminoethyl-nitropyridine-derived N,N,O-donor Schiff base ligand serves as an
Himani Sharma1, Arpna Tamrakar2, Tarkeshwar Maddeshiya2
1Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand, Srinagar, Uttarakhand, India.
Abstract:
A new fluorescent zinc (II) complex-based probe 1 encompassing a Schiff's base (E)-2-methoxy-6-((2-[5-nitropyridin-2-ylamino]ethylimino)methyl)phenol (HL) was designed, synthesized, and used for the highly selective detection of Cu2+ . Ligand HL and complex 1 were characterized using various spectroscopic techniques such as 1 H, 13 C-NMR, and FTIR spectroscopy, high-resolution mass spectronomy (HRMS), UV/visible light spectroscopy, and fluorescence studies. Ligand HL did not exhibit any considerable change in fluorescence in the presence of various cations. Notably, its Zn(II) complex 1 exhibited highly selective 'TURN-OFF' fluorescence signalling towards Cu2+ that remained uninterrupted with competing analytes. Probe 1 interacted with Cu2+ in 1:2 (1:Cu2+ ) stoichiometry as estimated through a Job's plot. Moreover, the selectivity of 1 was further confirmed through the interaction of the 1 + Cu2+ complex with some possible interfering metal ions inducing an insignificant response. Additionally, the association and quenching constant were determined to be 3.30 × 104 M-1 and 0.21 × 105 M-1 through the Benesi-Hildebrand method and Stern-Volmer plot, respectively.
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