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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 51, Issue 24, Pages 13123-13127Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ic301256g
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- DFG [Schm 647/17-1]
- University of Siegen
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The bis(ferrocenyl)phenanthroline iridium(III) complex 1 is synthesized and elaborated as a lab-on-a-molecule for the competitive and quantitative determination of cyanide and fluoride in aqueous solution. 1 exhibits a strong OFF-ON photoluminescence (PL) response upon addition of cyanide with a good selectivity over other anions. The mechanism involves nucleophilic displacement of the phenanthroline ligand, which quenches PL, to furnish a strongly photoluminescent dicyano iridium complex. In contrast, in the electrochemiluminescence (ECL) channel, cyanide undergoes oxidation and a different selectivity is observed. The strong ferrocenium fluoride interaction is exploited for the first time in ECL to selectively monitor fluoride by a >60-fold enhancement. In both PL and ECL channels, anion selectivity is further challenged by competitive assays in the presence of other anions. Quantitative determination of CN- and F- is achieved in both channels.
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