Colorimetric Detection of Cu[II] Cation and Acetate, Benzoate, and Cyanide Anions by Cooperative Receptor Binding in New α,α‘-Bis-substituted Donor−Acceptor Ferrocene Sensors

Comparative cation sensing properties of a newly designed urea linked ferrocene-benzimidazole dyad: a DFT study

Herein, our primary motivation was to elucidate the electronic and physicochemical properties of a novel molecular dyad consisting of ferrocene (Fc; electron donor), urea (u; linker), and amphoteric benzimidazole (BI; electron acceptor) entities. The sensor responses were investigated for various divalent transition metal cations (Mn²⁺, Fe²⁺, Co²⁺, Ni²⁺, Cu²⁺, and Zn²⁺) and the selectivity of this cationophore molecule (Fc-u-BI) to copper ion (Cu²⁺) was demonstrated by using B3LYP/LANL2DZ method. According to the thermochemical calculations, we justified that Fc-u-BI⋯Cu²⁺ reached to the lowest binding energy (∆E), enthalpy (∆H), and Gibbs free energy (∆G) changes. In the light of the calculated global descriptors, Fc-u-BI⋯Cu²⁺ was found to be the softer and thus the most reactive complex. The complex stabilities and their corresponding non-covalent interactions were also investigated by NBO and NCI analyses, respectively. The mechanistic insight into metal cation sensing by the modeled cationophore dyad.

1,1′-Diacetyloctamethylferrocene: an overlooked and overdue synthon leading to the facile synthesis of an octamethylferrocenophane

Surprisingly easy access to versatile synthons: high yielding acylation, chloroformylation and intramolecular cyclisation reaction to a ferrocenophane.

Optical sensor: a promising strategy for environmental and biomedical monitoring of ionic species

In this review, we cover the recent developments in fluorogenic and chromogenic sensors for Cu²⁺, Fe²⁺/Fe³⁺, Zn²⁺and Hg²⁺.

A cap-type Schiff base acting as a fluorescence sensor for zinc(II) and a colorimetric sensor for iron(II), copper(II), and zinc(II) in aqueous media

A simple and low cost chemosensor is described. This sensor could simultaneously detect three biologically important metal ions through fluorogenic (Zn(2+)) and chromogenic (Fe(2+), Cu(2+), and Zn(2+)) methods in aqueous solution. The sensor could function as a "turn-on" fluorescence receptor only to Zn(2+) ions. In addition, the sensor could be successfully applied to the detection of intracellular Zn(2+). Meanwhile, the sensor displayed an obvious red color upon selective binding with Fe(2+). Therefore, the sensor could serve as a useful tool for the discrimination of Fe(2+) from Fe(3+) in aqueous media. Moreover, the sensor also showed color changes from yellow to colorless upon selective binding with Zn(2+) and Cu(2+), respectively. The detection limit of the sensor for Cu(2+) (1.5 μM) is far below the guidelines of the World Health Organization (30 μM) as the maximum allowable copper concentration in drinking water, and therefore it is capable of being a practical system for the monitoring of Cu(2+) concentrations in aqueous samples. These results provide a new approach for selectively recognizing the most important three trace elements in the human body simultaneously, for Zn(2+) by emission spectra and Fe(2+), Cu(2+), and Zn(2+) by the naked eye.

A new coumarin-based chromogenic chemosensor for the detection of dual analytes Al3+ and F−

A simple and easy-to-make colorimetric sensor for Al³⁺ and F⁻ was designed and synthesized.

Colorimetric detection of copper and chloride in DMSO/H₂O media using bromopyrogallol red as a chemosensor with analytical applications

We report bromopyrogallol red (BPR) as an easily available dye for detection of copper and chloride with distinct visual color changes in DMSO/H(2)O (9:1 v/v). The chemosensor has a high chromogenic selectivity for Cu(2+) over other cations with detection limit of 0.07 μg mL(-1). The obtained complex of Cu(2+) with BPR displayed ability to detect Cl(-) up to 0.79 μg mL(-1) in DMSO/H(2)O (9:1v/v) media over a large number of other anions. The linear dynamic ranges for the determinations of Cu(2+) and Cl(-) were 0.53-14.60 and 6.00-36.00 μg mL(-1), respectively. This receptor was successfully applied for the determination of Cl(-) and Cu(2+) in water samples.

A selective chromogenic probe for mercury(II) and cyanide in aqueous buffered solution from a cycloaddition reaction of an ynamine to polycyclic dithiolethiones

The synthesis of some new polysulfur-nitrogen heterocycles by cycloaddition of an ynamine to bisdithiolothiazine ketothiones or dithiones is described and the interconversion between regioisomers is studied by DFT calculations, showing that the double bond isomerizes at room temperature. This series is a new selective and sensitive chromogenic probe for the naked-eye detection of mercury(II) cation and cyanide anion in buffered (HEPES 0.05 M, pH 7.14) water/acetonitrile 1:1 mixture, with sub-micromolar sensitivity, and constitutes the first example of a new class of colorimetric chemical probes for Hg(2+) and CN(-).

A new selective chromogenic and turn-on fluorogenic probe for copper(II) in water-acetonitrile 1:1 solution

A quinoline-indene derivative is described as a new highly selective and sensitive chromogenic and turn-on fluorogenic probe for the naked-eye detection of copper(II) cation in water-acetonitrile 1:1 mixture.

1-(2,4-Dinitro-phen-yl)-5-ferrocenyl-3-methyl-1H-pyrazole

In the title compound, [Fe(C₅H₅)(C₁₅H₁₁N₄O₄)], the dinitro­phenyl and cyclo­penta­dienyl rings make dihedral angles of 53.61 (6) and 23.11 (9)°, respectively, with the pyrazole unit. The two cyclo­penta­dienyl rings are in an eclipsed conformation. The crystal structure is stabilized by inter­molecular C—H⋯O inter­actions, which link mol­ecules into chains parallel to the b axis.