Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5268028 | Tetrahedron Letters | 2011 | 4 Pages |
A novel fluorometric sensor bearing three dansyl moieties based on tris[2-(2-aminoethylthio)ethyl]amine was prepared by a simple approach using a conventional two-step synthesis. The sensor exhibits highly Hg2+-selective ON-OFF fluorescence quenching behavior in aqueous acetonitrile solutions and is shown to discriminate various competing metal ions, particularly Cu2+, Ag+, and Pb2+ as well as Ca2+, Cd2+, Co2+, Fe3+, Mn2+, Na+, Ni2+, and Zn2+, with a detection limit of 1.15Â ÃÂ 10â7Â M or 23Â ppb.
Graphical abstractThe reported sensor exhibits highly Hg2+-selective ON-OFF fluorescence quenching behavior in aqueous acetonitrile solutions and is shown to discriminate various competing metal ions, particularly Cu2+, Ag+, and Pb2+ as well as Ca2+, Cd2+, Co2+, Fe3+, Mn2+, Na+, Ni2+, and Zn2+, with a detection limit of 23Â ppb.Download full-size image