4-(8-Quinolyl)amino-7-nitro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole as a new colorimetric probe for rapid and visual detection of Hg2+
作者:Ke Wang、Lixue Yang、Chuan Zhao、Huimin Ma
DOI:10.1016/j.saa.2012.11.114
日期:2013.3
4-Amino-7-nitro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole (ANBD) usually serves as a scaffold for developing fluorescent probes. In this paper, however, ANBD has been used as a chromogenic unit to design a new colorimetric probe, 4-(8-quinolyl)amino-7-nitro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole (1), for rapid and visual detection of Hg2+. The reaction of 1 with Hg2+ in NaH2PO4-Na2HPO4 buffer (pH 7.0) containing 70% (v/v) acetonitrile forms a 1:1 complex, accompanying a red shift of the absorption maximum from 482 nm to 557 nm and a distinct color change from orange to violet. Moreover the color reaction exhibits a high selectivity and sensitivity to Hg2+ only, instead of other common metal ions. This behavior may be ascribed to the formation of a specific 1-Hg2+ complex, which is supported by H-1 NMR titration experiments. The present study is not only a supplement to the detection method of Hg2+, but also a merit to the chemistry of 4-amino-7-nitro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.