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A New Reactive 1,8-Naphthalimide Derivative for Highly Selective and Sensitive Detection of Hg2+

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A 1,8-naphthalimide derivative with a reactive aliphatic hydroxyl was designed and synthesized as a fluorescent probe. Its structure was characterized by IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, LC-MS and HPLC. The probe showed high selectivity and sensitivity to Hg2+ over other metal ions such as Pb2+, Na+, K+, Cd2+, Cr3+, Zn2+, Cu2+, Ni2+, Ca2+, Fe3+, Fe2+, Co2+, Mn2+ and Mg2+ in MeCN/H2O (15/85, v/v). The increase in fluorescence intensity was linearly proportional to the concentration of Hg2+ in the range of 18–40 μM with a detection limit of 1.38 × 10−7 mol/L. The probe could work in a pH span of 4.3–9.0 and respond to Hg2+ quickly with strong anti-interference ability. Job’s plot suggested a 1:2 complex of the probe and Hg2+.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21074085), the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, and the State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials.

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  1. College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China

    Feng Lv, Yufen Chen, Tengxuan Tang & Dongmei Xu

  2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China

    Feng Lv, Yufen Chen, Tengxuan Tang & Dongmei Xu

  3. College of Pre-clinical Medical and Biological Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China

    Yuhua Chen

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Lv, F., Chen, Y., Tang, T. et al. A New Reactive 1,8-Naphthalimide Derivative for Highly Selective and Sensitive Detection of Hg2+ . J Fluoresc 27, 1285–1292 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-017-2061-y

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