Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2010, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (6): 884-887.

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Phenanthroline-based Fluorescent Chemosensor for Selective Detection of Zn2+ in DMF Buffer Solution

WANG Xiu-li*, ZHENG Wen-yan, LIN Hong-yan and LIU Guo-cheng   

  1. Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry of Liaoning Province, Bohai University, Jinzhou 121000, P. R. China
  • Received:2009-12-28 Revised:2010-03-15 Online:2010-11-25 Published:2010-12-01
  • Contact: WANG Xiu-li E-mail:wangxiuli@bhu.edu.cn
  • About author:WANG Xiu-li. E-mail: wangxiuli@bhu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the Talent-supporting Program Foundation of Liaoning Province, China(No.2009R03) and the Science Foundation of Education Office of Liaoning Province, China(No.2009A028).

Abstract: A simple "off-on" fluorescent chemosensor with high selectivity to zinc ions based on 1,10-phenanthro- line receptor dipyrido[3,2-d:2',3'-f]quinoxaline(L) was investigated. The selectivity response of receptor L to zinc ion was demonstrated by UV-Vis absorption and fluorescence spectroscopies in DMF buffer solution. The experiment results show that the fluorescent chemosensor L exhibits the optimum response behavior to Zn2+ in the range of pH 8.0―9.0 and shows excellent selectivity to Zn2+ over other cations tested.

Key words: Fluorescence, Chemosensor, Phenanthroline-based, Cation detection selectivity