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Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India
E-mail: gdas@iitg.ernet.in
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Dalton Trans., 2011,40, 2837-2843
DOI:
10.1039/C0DT01549K
Received
07 Nov 2010,
Accepted
12 Jan 2011
First published online
08 Feb 2011
A weakly fluorescent thiosemicabazone (L1H) was found to be a selective optical and “turn-on” fluorescent chemodosimeter for Cu2+ ion in aqueous medium. A significant fluorescence enhancement along with change in color was only observed for Cu2+ ion; among the other tested metal ions (viz.Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Cr3+, Zn2+, Cd2+, Hg2+, Pb2+, Ag+, Ni2+, Co2+, Fe3+ and Mn2+). The Cu2+ selectivity resulted from an oxidative cyclization of the weak fluorescent L1H into highly fluorescent rigid 4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-4-(naphthalen-5-yl)-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione (L2). The signaling mechanism has been confirmed by independent synthesis with detail characterization of L2.
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