Two novel salen based chemosensors have been successfully synthesized. UV-vis absorption, fluorescence emission spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry (CV) were exploited to investigate their recognition toward various metal ions, including Na+, K+, Mg2+, Al3+, Zn2+, Ag+, Pb2+, Co2+, Li+, Ba2+, Ca2+, Cd2+, La3+, Cu2+ and Mn2+ ions. The results indicated that the sensor L1 and L2 exhibited highly selective and sensitive recognition for Zn2+ ions. The binding stoichiometry ratio of L1-Zn2+/L2-Zn2+ were recognized as 4:1 by the method of Job's plot. Meanwhile, this investigation is confirmed by 1H NMR. These results indicated that L1 and L2 can be applied as chemosensor for the detection of Zn2+ ion.
Keywords: Chemosensor; Recognition; Schiff base; Zinc ion.
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