Highly sensitive and fast-responsive fluorescent chemosensor for palladium: Reversible sensing and visible recovery

  • Honglin Li
  • , Jiangli Fan*
  • , Mingming Hu
  • , Guanghui Cheng
  • , Danhong Zhou
  • , Tong Wu
  • , Fengling Song
  • , Shiguo Sun
  • , Chunying Duan
  • , Xiaojun Peng
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The well-known rhodamine spiro-lactam framework offers an ideal model for the development of fluorescence-enhanced chemosensors through simple and convenient syntheses. Herein, we report a new tridentate PNO receptor, which was introduced into a rhodamine spiro-lactam system to develop Pd 2+-chemosensor RPd4, that displayed significantly improved sensing properties for palladium. Compound RPd4 shows a very fast response time (about 5-s), high sensitivity (5-nM), and excellent specificity for Pd 2+ ions over other PGE ions (Pt 2+, Rh 3+, and Ru 3+). In addition, RPd4 displays quite different responses to different valence states of the Pd ions, that is, very fast response towards Pd 2+ ions but slow response towards Pd 0, which may provide us with a convenient method for the selective discrimination of Pd species in different valence states. According to proof-of-concept experiments, RPd4 has potential applications in Pd 2+-analysis in drug compounds, water, soil, and leaf samples. Owing to its good reversibility, RPd4 can also be used as a sensor material for the selective detection and visual recovery of trace Pd 2+ ions in environmental samples.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12242-12250
Number of pages9
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume18
Issue number39
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Sep 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • fluorescent probes
  • lactams
  • palladium
  • sensors
  • spiro compounds

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