Journal
DYES AND PIGMENTS
Volume 102, Issue -, Pages 293-300Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2013.11.008
Keywords
Bis(indolyl)methanes; Arylfuran; Ratiometric fluorogenic chemosensors; Hg2+; Direct visual detection; Aqueous solution
Funding
- Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal)
- FCT
- FEDER (European Fund for Regional Development)-COMPETE-QREN-EU [CQ/UM PEst-C/QUI/UI0686/2011 (FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-022716)]]
- [SFRH/BPD/79333/2011]
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A series of arylfuryl-bis(indolyl)methane derivatives were prepared in good yields by electrophilic substitution of indole with furyl aldehydes through a simple and mild hydrogensulfate-catalysed reaction and studied as chemosensors for transition metal cations by performing spectrophotometric and spectrofluorimetric titrations. Selective recognition of Hg2+ was achieved in organic aqueous mixture (CH3CN/H2O, 7:3) for the various receptors, with an easily detectable colour change from colourless to purple and also through a fluorescence quenching, making these compounds suitable for dual chromo- and fluorogenic ratiometric sensing of Hg2+. The binding stoichiometry between the receptors and Hg2+ was found to be 1:1. The binding process was also followed by H-1 NMR titrations which corroborated the previous findings. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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