Colorimetric fluoride sensors based on deprotonation of pyrrole-hemiquinone compounds

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Jun 7;46(21):3669-71. doi: 10.1039/c001509a. Epub 2010 Apr 16.

Abstract

The combination of pyrrole and hemiquinone units produced a novel prototype of efficient colorimetric fluoride sensors, and the presence of the tautomerism effect provides additional means of modulating the sensing behavior.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Colorimetry
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Fluorides / chemistry*
  • Ion-Selective Electrodes
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Pyrroles / chemistry*
  • Quinones / chemistry*
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet

Substances

  • Pyrroles
  • Quinones
  • Fluorides