A novel triazole-based fluorescent chemosensor for Zinc ions

This work describes the preparation of novel triazole-based heterocycles and their properties concerning UV-vis absorption and fluorescence emission with and without the presence of metal ions. It is shown that this compound can be used to determine Zn2+ ion with high selectivity. Therefore, the new compounds are recommended as possible species for the development of new fluorescent probes for the detection of Zn2+cation.