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A New Sensitive and Selective Off-On Fluorescent Zn2+ Chemosensor Based on 3,3′,5,5′-Tetraphenylsubstituted Dipyrromethene

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3,3′,5,5′-Tetraphenyl-2,2′-dipyrromethene was described as a highly sensitive and selective Off-on fluorescent colorimetric chemosensor for Zn2+ based on the chelation-enhanced fluorescence (CHEF) effect. The reaction of dipyrromethene ligand with Zn2+ induces the formation of the [ZnL2] complex, which exhibits the increasing fluorescence in 120 fold compared with ligand in the propanol-1/cyclohexane (1:30) binary mixture. The Zn2+ detection limit was 1.4 × 10−7 М. The UV-Vis and fluorescence spectroscopic studies demonstrated that the dipyrromethene sensor was highly selective toward Zn2+ cations over other metal ions (Na+, Mg2+, Co2+, Ni2+, Fe3+, Cu2+, Mn2+, Cd2+ and Pb2+), excluding Hg2+.

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  1. G. A. Krestov Institute of Solution Chemistry of Russian academy of Sciences 1 Akademicheskaya St., Ivanovo, Russia, 153045

    Natalia A. Bumagina, Elena V. Antina, Mikhail B. Berezin, Alexander A. Ksenofontov & Anatoly I. Vyugin

  2. Inorganic Chemistry Department, Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, 7 Sheremetevskij prosp, Ivanovo, Russia, 153000

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Bumagina, N.A., Antina, E.V., Nikonova, A.Y. et al. A New Sensitive and Selective Off-On Fluorescent Zn2+ Chemosensor Based on 3,3′,5,5′-Tetraphenylsubstituted Dipyrromethene. J Fluoresc 26, 1967–1974 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-016-1890-4

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