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The Amidine Based Colorimetric Sensor for Fe3+, Fe2+, and Cu2+ in Aqueous Medium

Journal of Fluorescence volume 24, pages 1563–1570 (2014)Cite this article

Abstract

An amidine based chemosensor AM-1 was synthesized and characterized by various spectroscopic (FT-IR, 1H-NMR and mass) data and elemental analyses. Sensor AM-1 exhibited high selectivity and sensitivity towards Fe3+, Fe2+ and Cu2+ in the presence of other surveyed ions (such as Sr2+, Cr3+, Co2+, Ni2+, Zn2+, Ag+, Al3+, Ba2+, Ca2+, Cd2+, Cs+, Hg2+, K+, Li+, Mg2+, Mn2+, Na+ and Pb2+) with a distinct naked-eye detectable color change and a shift in the absorption band. Moreover, the emission of AM-1 was quenched selectively only in the presence of Fe3+.

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The author Dr. U. D. Patil is grateful to Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi, INDIA (Reg. No. CS-088/2013) and ‘North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon’, VCRMS Scheme, for the financial support.

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  1. School of Chemical Sciences, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, 425 001, India

    Jitendra Nandre, Samadhan Patil, Prashant Patil, Pramod Mahulikar & Umesh Patil

  2. S.S.V.P.S’s L. K. Dr. P. R. Ghogrey Science College, Dhule, 424 001, India

    Prashant Patil

  3. Department of Applied Chemistry, S. V. National Institute Technology, Surat, 395 007, Gujrat, India

    Suban Sahoo

  4. Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX, UK

    Carl Redshaw

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Nandre, J., Patil, S., Patil, P. et al. The Amidine Based Colorimetric Sensor for Fe3+, Fe2+, and Cu2+ in Aqueous Medium. J Fluoresc 24, 1563–1570 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-014-1438-4

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Keywords

  • Amidine
  • Chemosensor
  • Chromogenic receptor
  • Multi metal ion sensor
  • DFT