A fluorescent sensor for pyrophosphate based on a Pd(ii) complex

  • Jie Gao
  • , Thomas Riis-Johannessen
  • , Rosario Scopelliti
  • , Xuhong Qian
  • , Kay Severin*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A mixture of the Pd(ii) complex [Pd(NO3)2(bipy)] (bipy = 2,2′-bipyridine) and the fluorescent dye Methylcalcein blue (MCB) constitutes a chemosensing ensemble which can be used for the detection of pyrophosphate (PPi) by fluorescence spectroscopy. The sensor operates in buffered aqueous solution at neutral pH, and allows sensing PPi at low to mid micromolar concentrations with very good selectivity over other anions such as phosphate, acetate, nitrate, sulfate, chloride, and bicarbonate.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7114-7118
Number of pages5
JournalDalton Transactions
Volume39
Issue number30
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Aug 2010
Externally publishedYes

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