Rhodamine-based Hg2+-selective chemodosimeter in aqueous solution: fluorescent OFF-ON.
[reaction: see text] N-(Rhodamine-6G)lactam-N'-phenylthiourea-ethylenediamine (1) was developed as a fluorescent and colorimetric chemodosimeter in aqueous solution with a broad pH span (5 approximately 10) and high selectivity toward Hg2+ but no significant response toward other competitive cations, such as Fe2+, Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, Zn2+, Pb2+, Cd2+, Ca2+, Mg2+, K+, Na+, etc. The Hg2+-promoted ring opening of spirolactam of the rhodamine moiety induced cyclic guanylation of the thiourea moiety, which resulted in the dual chromo- and fluorogenic observation (OFF-ON).
Wu
Jia-Sheng
JS
Department of Chemistry, Dankook University, Seoul 140-714, Korea.
Hwang
In-Chul
IC
Kim
Kwang S
KS
Kim
Jong Seung
JS