One-pot synthesis of 1,1′-ferrocenediylbis-(methyltriphenylphosphonium iodide) from the corresponding alcohols: Facile precursor for the construction of novel metal cations electrochemical sensors
摘要:
A simple and efficient one-pot synthetic methodology for the preparation of 1,1'-ferrocenediylbis-(methyltriphenylphosphonium iodide) is described. And the obtained salt has been used for the construction of ferrocene-containing pyridine ligands 3a-b. Electro-chemical investigations of 3a-b have demonstrated that upon addition of Hg(2+) and Zn(2+) results in large shifts of respective Fc/Fc(+) redox couple to more positive potentials. Titration experiment shows that the current associated with the new redox couple increases linearly with the concentration of Hg(2+) until a full equivalent has been added, which suggests that 3b is a good candidate for an amperometric sensor to detect the toxic Hg(2+). (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.