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New colorimetric chemosensor based on rhodamine hydrazide to detect Cu2+ ions by naked eye

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Abstract

A rhodamine-based chemosensor for naked-eye detection of Cu2+ has been designed and synthesized, which exhibited excellent selectivity and high sensitivity for Cu2+ in CH3CN and CH3CN/H2O mixed solutions. When Cu2+ was added to the solution of sensor 1, a dramatic color change from colorless to bluish violet was observed, while the cations K+, Ca2+, Na+, Hg2+, Zn2+, Co2+, Ni2+, Fe3+, Al3+, Pb2+, Ag+, and Cd2+ did not interfere with the recognition process for Cu2+. The pH effect investigations indicated that it can be applied to analysis of samples over a wide pH range.

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This study was supported by the self-innovation project for universities and institutes of Jinan City (No. 201202035).

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    Datong Zhang, Yuntong Ma & Ruibing An

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Zhang, D., Ma, Y. & An, R. New colorimetric chemosensor based on rhodamine hydrazide to detect Cu2+ ions by naked eye. Res Chem Intermed 41, 5059–5069 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-014-1588-7

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