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Bimal Chettri1, Satadru Jha1, Nilanjan Dey2
1Department of Chemistry, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim Manipal University, Gangtok, Sikkim, India.
Abstract:
Chromogenic probes based onoxidizedbis(indolyl)methanes have been synthesized with varying substituents (R = -Me [1], -OMe [2], -OH, [3]) on the central aryl ring. In addition to electronic influence, the involvement of substituents in ion-dipole and charge-assisted hydrogen bonding interactions significantly alters the solvatochromic response and pH-sensitive behavior. In polar aprotic solvents, like CH3CN, a concentration-dependent stepwise color change was observed with F- ions. In the case of2, a reversible hydrogen bonding interaction between the deprotonated probe and HF2- dimer might be responsible for that, while step-wise deprotonation caused by F- ions could be the probable reason with3. Since the formation of HF2- is energetically unfavorable in a polar protic solvent, the response of 2 with F- ions appears to be very different in EtOH medium. Interestingly, no such alteration in anion sensing behavior was noticed with3going from an aprotic to a protic solvent.
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