Synthesis and evaluation of new thienyl and bithienyl-bis-indolylmethanes as colorimetric sensors for anions

• Autor(a) principal: Batista, Rosa Maria Ferreira
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, M. Elisabete, Nuñez, Cristina, Costa, Susana P. G., Lodeiro, Carlos, Raposo, M. Manuela M.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/10644
• topic: Synthesis; (Bi)thiophene; Bis-Indolylmethanes; Anion chemosensors; Heterocycles; colorimetric sensors; Science & Technology

The synthesis and full characterization of new bis-indolylmethanes containing thienyl and bithienyl moieties are reported. The sensor ability of the compounds in the presence of halide ions (F-, Cl-, Br- and I-), NO3-, ClO4-, SO42-, CN- and OH- ions was investigated in acetonitrile. The experimental results indicate that they could act as selective chromogenic-sensing molecules for the most basic anions F-, CN- and OH-, as a well-defined color change from yellow to pink was observed. The interaction constants between compounds 1 and 2 in the presence of F-, CN- and OH- were calculated and increased in the order OH- > F- > CN-.