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AUTHOR
Elena R. Ranyuk
Rational design of aminoanthraquinones for colorimetric detection of heavy metal ions in aqueous solution
A family of water-soluble colorimetric chemosensors incorporating an anthraquinone signalling subunit functionalized with a polyamine chain that bears hydrophilic diethoxyphosphoryl moieties was prepared with the aim of assaying metal cations. The outstanding UV-Vis absorption properties of the 1-aminoanthraquinone chromophore allowed the efficient visual detection and quantification of copper(II) ions by chelators L(1)-L(3) in buffered aqueous solution. Moreover, the visible response of L(2) is not interfered by addition of large excesses of 13 common metal ions, whereas chemosensor L(3) produces also a color change in the presence of equimolar amounts of lead(II). Considering the 134 nm g…
Towards sensory Langmuir monolayers consisting of macrocyclic pentaaminoanthraquinone
A pentaazamacrocycle incorporating an intracyclic anthraquinone fragment (PENTAQ) was synthesized with the aim of forming metal-responsive Langmuir monolayers. PENTAQ allows a good discrimination by naked eye of copper ions in methanol–water solutions (50 : 50 v/v). Spectrophotometric investigations of the protonation and Cu2+ binding properties of PENTAQ were undertaken in order to gain a deeper insight into the pH-dependent speciation as well as the color changing process. PENTAQ monolayers at air/water and air/methanol–water interfaces were prepared according to the Langmuir procedure. The structure of the monolayers can be tuned by varying the pH of the aqueous subphase, since it was fo…
Preparation, characterization and photophysical properties of hybrid materials from rare earth complexes of phosphonato-substituted DOTAM derivatives
Europium complexes [Eu.L]X33 (X = SO3CF3, NO3) of (diethoxyphosphorylnaphthyl)-substituted DOTAM were prepared and incorporated into titania and zirconia inorganic matrices. Zirconia revealed an appropriate matrix to achieve an efficient sensitization of emitting lanthanides.
Synthesis of porphyrin-bis(polyazamacrocycle) triads via Suzuki coupling reaction
Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction has been used for the synthesis of tricyclic architectures based on trans-A2B2-porphyrins and bisaminal-protected polyazamacrocycles which are linked directly or by a p-phenylene spacer. This modular approach allowed the synthesis of ligands with various substituted porphyrin macrocycles and bisaminal-protected tetraazamacrocycles possessing different cavity sizes. These molecules can be assembled into dimers using a DABCO linker. Deprotection of these compounds afforded porphyrin-bis(polyazamacrocycle) triads.