Abstract
A fluorescent chemosensor based on dimethylaminocinnamaldehyde-aminothiourea (DA) has been designed, synthesized, and applied with a combined theoretical and experimental study. The synthetic path, optimized molecular structure and characteristics of DA were carried out using the calculations at the B3LYP/LanL2DZ level of theory. The experimental investigations have a good agreement with the theoretical results. DA can be used as a chemosensor for simultaneous quantification of silver, copper, and mercury ions in aqueous solution at the ppb level. The stable geometric structures of the complexes between DA and Ag+, Hg2+, Cu2+ with stoichiometry of 1:1, 2:1, and 2:1, have been found and investigated for electronic properties and fluorescence quenching phenomena by using Atoms in Molecules (AIM) and Natural Bond Orbitals (NBO) analyses.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 89-96 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Dyes and Pigments |
Volume | 116 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 May |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research is funded by the Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED) under grant number 104.07-2012.31 (DTQ). This work was also supported by the Creative Research Initiative program (No. 2009-0081566 ) of National Research Foundation of Korea (JSK).
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Keywords
- AIM analysis
- Chemosensor
- Fluorescence
- Hg(II), Cu(II), Ag(I) ions
- NBO analysis
- TD-DFT calculations
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemical Engineering
- Process Chemistry and Technology