Issue 2, 2018

A hydrazone based probe for selective sensing of Al(iii) and Al(iii)-probe complex mediated secondary sensing of PPi: framing of molecular logic circuit and memory device and computational studies

Abstract

A hydrazone-based conjugate Nap-hyz-pyz (H3L3) with potential N2O2 donor atoms was found to act as a dual channel (colori- and fluori-metric) sensor towards Al3+ and PPi in H2O–MeOH (6 : 4, v/v) at pH 7.2 (40 mM HEPES buffer) at 25 °C. The formation constants, Kf = (3.49 ± 1.77) × 104 and (3.78 ± 0.1) × 104 M−1, of the sensor towards Al3+ were determined by absorption and fluorescence titrations, respectively. The 1 : 1 stoichiometry of the reaction was determined by Job's method and confirmed by ESI-MS+ (m/z) studies. The LOD for Al3+, as determined by the 3σ method, was found to be 114.54 nM. Most strikingly, the addition of ∼115 μM PPi to the Nap-hyz-pyz–Al3+ ensemble (20 μM ligand and 74 μM Al3+) leads to complete quenching of fluorescence. The fluorescence response of Nap-hyz-pyz towards Al3+ was not perturbed by the presence of 5 equivalents or more of other ions and inorganic anions. The structure of the [Al(L3)(H2O)] complex was delineated by DFT calculations. TD-DFT studies were performed to investigate various spectral transitions. Based on changes in the fluorescence intensities of Nap-hyz-pyz in the presence of Al3+ and PPi at 487 nm, INHIBIT and molecular logic gates were constructed and interpreted. The probe was found to be bio-compatible and cell permeable with no or negligible cytotoxicity; thus, it provides a good opportunity for in vitro cell imaging studies of these ions. The presence of ATP or Pi did not interfere with the fluorescent detection of PPi. Thus, these evident and excellent sensing capabilities of Nap-hyz-pyz towards Al3+ and PPi were further scrutinized in HepG2 cell lines.

Graphical abstract: A hydrazone based probe for selective sensing of Al(iii) and Al(iii)-probe complex mediated secondary sensing of PPi: framing of molecular logic circuit and memory device and computational studies

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Aug 2017
Accepted
29 Nov 2017
First published
01 Dec 2017

Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2018,17, 200-212

A hydrazone based probe for selective sensing of Al(III) and Al(III)-probe complex mediated secondary sensing of PPi: framing of molecular logic circuit and memory device and computational studies

H. Mohammad, A. S. M. Islam, C. Prodhan, K. Chaudhuri and M. Ali, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2018, 17, 200 DOI: 10.1039/C7PP00286F

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