A rare extra-long flexible salamo-based bisoxime as highly efficient and selective probe for fluorescent identification of CO32- ion and mechanism exploration

Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc. 2025 Jan 15:325:125102. doi: 10.1016/j.saa.2024.125102. Epub 2024 Sep 7.

Abstract

A novel extra-long carbon-chain salamo-like fluorescent chemical probe DNS (named as 2,2'-[1,10-(decanedioxy)bis(nitromethyldyne)]dinaphthol) containing ten methylene groups was synthesized based on the 2-hydroxy-1-naphthylaldehyde unit. Research has shown that the fluorescent probe DNS can achieve efficient and selective recognition of CO32- anions, with a detection limit LOD=1.59 × 10-8 M. The binding constant Ka = 3.7 × 104 M-1 and quantification limit is as low as LOQ=4.31 × 10-8 M, respectively. The possible identification mechanism of the fluorescent chemosensor DNS was analyzed and studied through fluorescence titration and nuclear magnetic titration. The results showed that the fluorescence chemical sensor DNS is deprotonated by CO32- anions, enhancing its fluorescence and producing a ICT effect.

Keywords: CO(3)(2−) anion recognition; Fluorescent probe; ICT effect; Salamo-like bisoxime; Synergism.