A study of fluorescent chemosensor for Fe(II) based on cyanoacrylic derivatives

Abstract

A chemosensor based on a cyanoacrylic (DTP-C) consists of dithieno [3,2-b;2',3'- d]pyrrole(DTP) as a chromophore and a cyanoacrylic moiety as an ionophore which linked by aromatic system. DTP-C demonstrates the response of complex with Fe(II) in dimethylformamide (DMF) solution. The binding mode of Fe(II)/DTP-C complex was characterized using UV-Visible and fluorescence spectroscopy. In addition, the effect of various MES buffer was then studied at 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% v/v in Fe(II)/DTP-C complex which the appropriate ratiomatric of MES buffer is 10%. The enhancement of Fe(II) concentration indicate a decrease emission intensity while the addition of buffer concentrations found to increase in the intensity. Moreover, quantum chemical calculations were used to study the electronic and optical properties of the molecular structure of DTP-C under the density functional theory. © (2013) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.