A dipodal molecular probe for naked eye detection of trivalent cations (Al3+, Fe3+and Cr3+) in aqueous medium and its applications in real sample analysis and molecular logic gates |
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Authors: | Rukmani Chandra Amit Kumar Manna Kalyani Rout Jahangir Mondal Goutam K Patra |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur CG India, +91 7587312992 |
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Abstract: | A simple and low cost multifunctional colorimetric receptor L has been designed, synthesized and characterized by 1H-NMR, IR spectroscopy, ESI-MS spectrometry and elemental analysis. The chemosensor L can selectively detect three biologically and environmentally important trivalent metal ions (Al3+, Fe3+and Cr3+) both visually and spectrophotometrically in CH3CN–H2O (1 : 1, v/v) solution in the presence of other biologically relevant metal ions. The Job''s plot analyses indicate the 2 : 2 binding stereochemistry for Al3+, Fe3+ and Cr3+ ions with L, which was further confirmed by 1H-NMR and ESI-MS studies. The binding constant values were found to be 2.9 × 104 M−1 for Al3+, 1.079 × 105 M−1 for Fe3+ and 1.366 × 105 M−1 for Cr3+ respectively. The detections limits of the sensor for Al3+ (2.8 × 10−7 M), Fe3+ (1.9 × 10−7 M) and Cr3+ (2.5 × 10−7 M) are far below than the limit set by the World Health Organization (WHO) for drinking water. Moreover, colorimetric test kits for rapid detection of Al3+, Fe3+, and Cr3+ could be successively applied for all practical purposes, indicating its potential use in environmental samples. It has also been used in building molecular logic gates.A dipodal reversible colorimetric trivalent metal ion chemosensor (L) has been designed and synthesized. The chemosensor L successfully detects Al3+, Fe3+ and Cr3+ based on binding site-signaling approach and it has practical application. |
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