Development of a novel carboxamide-based off–on switch fluorescence sensor: Hg<sup>2+</sup>, Zn<sup>2+</sup> and Cd<sup>2+</sup>
Mahsa Kiani, Mojtaba Bagherzadeh, Soraia Meghdadi, Navid Rabiee, Alireza Abbasi, Kurt Schenk, Mohammadreza Tahriri, Lobat Tayebi, Thomas J. Webster
Abstract
Here, the carboxamide ligand <italic>N</italic>-(thiazole-2-yl) picolinamide (<bold>L</bold>) was synthesized in an ionic liquid tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB) as the benign reaction medium.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryCarboxamideLigand (biochemistry)FluorescenceBromideInorganic chemistryStereochemistryReceptorBiochemistryQuantum mechanicsPhysicsIonic liquids properties and applicationsAnalytical Chemistry and SensorsMolecular Sensors and Ion Detection