Highly Selective and Sensitive Detection of Nitroaromatic Compounds and Metal Ions by Supramolecular Assemblies of 3,3',5,5'-Azobenzenetetracarboxylic Acid and 4,4'-Bipyridine

Xiao Zhang; Yuanling Duan; Nanxi Zhang; Liyan Zhao; Xuan Luo; Jie Wu; Xiaoyang Yu

doi:10.1007/s10895-016-1955-4

Highly Selective and Sensitive Detection of Nitroaromatic Compounds and Metal Ions by Supramolecular Assemblies of 3,3',5,5'-Azobenzenetetracarboxylic Acid and 4,4'-Bipyridine

J Fluoresc. 2017 Jan;27(1):281-286. doi: 10.1007/s10895-016-1955-4. Epub 2016 Oct 26.

Authors

Xiao Zhang^{1

2}, Yuanling Duan¹, Nanxi Zhang³, Liyan Zhao¹, Xuan Luo¹, Jie Wu⁴, Xiaoyang Yu⁵

Affiliations

¹ MIIT key laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, People's Republic of China.
² Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic material Chemistry, ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, People's Republic of China.
³ School of life science and technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, People's Republic of China.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic material Chemistry, ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, People's Republic of China. wujie@hlju.edu.cn.
⁵ Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology, Jilin City, People's Republic of China. yangyangyu0103@yahoo.com.

PMID: 27785650
DOI: 10.1007/s10895-016-1955-4

Abstract

A supramolecular compound, (H₄L)(4,4'-bpy)₂ (1) (H₄L = 1,2-bis(3,5-dicarboxyphenyl)diazene oxide, 4,4'-bpy = 4,4'-bipyridine) with 2D + 2D → 2D 3-fold parallel interpenetrated layer feature, has been prepared which was investigated as selective sensing material for detection of nitroaromatic compounds (NACs) and metal ions, and exhibits significant fluorescence quenching toward NACs and high selectivity for detection of Fe³⁺ ion. The result indicates that 1 is a promising multi-functional fluorescence probe for detecting and recognizing NACs and metal ions with high sensitivity and selectivity.

Keywords: Fluorescent probe; Iron ion; Nitroaromatic compounds; Sensor; Supramolecular compounds.