Abstract
A novel flexible pyrene-based chemosensor 1 bearing two benzimidazolium moieties and a urea group was designed and synthesized. The binding properties of chemosensor 1 toward various anions were examined via UV-vis, fluorescence, and 1H NMR spectroscopic methods. The results demonstrated that chemosensor 1 could distinguish H2PO4- from other tested anions such as F-, Cl-, Br-, I-, AcO- and HSO4- by ratiometric fluorescence as chemosensor 1 formed a complex with H2PO 4- in 2-2 ratio via intermolecular excimer transduction in CH3CN. The fluorescence response of chemosensor 1 to H 2PO4- was hardly interfered by other anions. The detection limit of chemosensor 1 (5 × 10-6 M) toward H 2PO4- is 5.02 × 10-7 M.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3222-3227 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Analytical Methods |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 13 |
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| State | Published - 7 Jul 2013 |