Pyrene-appended, benzimidazoliums-urea-based ratiometric fluorescent chemosensor for highly selective detecting of H2PO4 -

Xiaozhi Jiang, Dawei Zhang, Jinjiang Zhang, Jianwei Zhao, Binshen Wang, Meiyun Feng, Zhiyun Dong, Guohua Gao

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3222-3227
Number of pages6
JournalAnalytical Methods
Volume5
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Jul 2013

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