0000000000214720
AUTHOR
Samuel Ceballos
Chemical and electrochemical behaviour of 4,4’,4’’,4’’’-tetrakis(dimethylamino)-tetraphenylethylene in an oxidant environment: Toward a new sensor for NO2 and SO2 in gas phase
Abstract Electrochromic compounds are suitable candidates for being used in sensor design. Here we report the use of 4,4’,4’’,4’’’-tetrakis(dimethylamino)-tetraphenylethylene for detecting both NO2 and SO2. Whereas the sensing mechanism in the case of nitrogen dioxide is a simple chemical oxidation reaction, in the case of sulfur dioxide, the mechanism is much more complex and the reaction requires the presence of t-butylhydroperoxide to take place. By modifying the detection conditions both compounds can be detected in gas phase. Additionally, a wide electrochemical study has been carried out to understand the role played by the t-butylhydroperoxide in the reaction with sulfur dioxide.
A nitric oxide induced “click” reaction to trigger the aggregation induced emission (AIE) phenomena of a tetraphenyl ethylene derivative: A new fluorescent probe for NO
Abstract An Aggregation Induced Emission (AIE) transduction mechanism has been used to detect nitric oxide (NO). A new tetraphenylethylene derivative functionalized with alkyne moieties has been prepared to work as a fluorescent probe. A “click” reaction was chosen because NO is able to generate the required catalytic species by reducing Cu(II) to Cu(I).