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spectra were measured on a Nicolet/Nexus-870 FT-IR spectrome-
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1
ter with KBr pellets in the range 4000–400 cm . Nuclear magnetic
resonance spectra were recorded on Bruker Avance III 400 MHz and
chemical shifts are expressed in ppm using TMS as an internal stan-
dard. The UV–vis absorption spectra were recorded using a Helios
Alpha UV-Vis scanning spectrophotometer. Fluorescence spectra
were obtained with a Hitachi F-4500 FL spectrophotometer with
quartz cuvette (path length = 1 cm).
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
20 equiv.
The recognition between coumarin Schiff base compound (L)
and different metal cations was investigated by UV–Vis and fluo-
rescence spectroscopy in CH CN solution. The stock solution of L
3
0
equiv.
and metal ions was at a concentration of 10.0 mM. All absorption
and emission spectral studies were carried out in freshly purified
CH CN at room temperature.
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2.2. Synthesis of coumarin Schiff base compound (L)
3
00
400
500
600
Wavelength (nm)
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-Amino-7-hydroxycoumarin and 7-diethylaminocoumarin-3-
aldehyde were synthesized according to previous methods [18,22],
respectively.
Fig. 1. UV–vis absorption spectra of L (10.0 M) with gradual addition of Ni2+ [0, 4,
2, 20, 32, 40, 80 and 200 M, respectively].
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A portion of 7-diethylaminocoumarin-3-aldehyde (247 mg,
1
mmol) and 3-amino-7-hydroxycoumarin (195 mg, 1.1 mmol)
were combined in hot absolute ethanol (20 mL) to yield a scarlet
precipitate for a moment. The solution was stirred under reflux
conditions for 6 h, and the precipitate was filtrated, washed with
presence of Ni2+. The free L exhibited main absorption at 465 nm
in CH CN solution, which could be assigned to the charge trans-
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fer (CT) absorbance, as observed in other compounds with similar
results [16]. As soon as Ni2+ was added at room temperature, the
absorption intensity at ꢀmax of 465 nm decreased and two new
bands at 486 and 516 nm due to ICT appeared. Notably, when the
concentration of Ni2+ increased stepwise, absorption intensity at
hot absolute ethanol three times, then recrystallized with DMF/H O
2
(
v/v, 1/3) to get scarlet crystal L (347 mg, 0.86 mmol) in 86% yield.
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IR (KBr, cm ): 2966, 2927, 1718, 1620, 1349, 1506, 1456, 1420,
45, 811, 770, 729, 693. 1H NMR (DMSO-d , 400 MHz, ı): 10.54(s,
8
1
7
6
H, OH), 9.04(s, 1H,
N CH), 8.56(s, 1H, Ar H), 7.81(s, 1H, Ar H),
ꢀmax of 486 and 516 nm gradually increased and finally exceeded
.70(d, 1H, J = 12 Hz, Ar H), 7.58(d, 1H, J = 8 Hz, Ar H), 6.81 (t, 1H,
that of 465 nm. Correspondingly, the color changes of L were also
J = 8 Hz, Ar H), 6.77 (s, 1H, Ar H), 6.61(s, 1H, Ar H), 3.49(q, 4H,
J = 8 Hz, CH CH ), 1.16(t, 6H, J = 8 Hz, CH CH ). Anal. Calcd for
observed by eye simultaneously from yellow to red in presence of
2
3
2
3
2+
Ni (Fig. 2). This result indicated that the color changes were most
probably owing to the formation of a new complex species with
different electronic properties from that of L, and therefore a new
color (red) was observed. The significant color change also sug-
gested that L was a sensitive naked-eye indicator for Ni2+, which
was different from structurally similar bis-coumarin derivative act-
ing as a fluorescence signaling system selectively for Mg(II) [17].
Moreover, well-defined isosbestic points at 363, 394 and 478 nm
further demonstrated that a stable complex was present having
a certain stoichiometric ratio between the L and Ni2+ formed in
C23H20N O5: C 68.31%, H 4.98%, N 6.93%, Found: C 68.55%, H 5.04%,
2
N 6.66%.
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. Results and discussion
3.1. The design and synthesis of compound L
Diethylamino coumarin and hydroxyl coumarin derivatives
with intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) character are selected
as chromophores, and are linked by bond to form a
C
N
CH CN solution.
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potential chromogenic-sensing molecule for metal cations. It is
known that chelating groups C N, C O exhibit a high affin-
ity to transition and post-transition metal cations, but less
binding affinity toward alkali metal and alkaline earth metal
cations due to the difference of electronic structures [23]. In this
design, therefore, we constructed compound L as chromogenic
chemosensor. Firstly, by reacting 2,4-dihydroxy benzaldehyde
with N-acetylglycine in acetic anhydride, and subsequently
converted into 3-amino-7-hydroxycoumarin through hydroly-
sis in HCl/ethanol solution. When 4-diethylaminosalicylaldehyde
was allowed to react with diethylmalonate, the correspond-
3.3. Job’s plot analyses
For determination of stoichiometry between L and Ni2+, Job’s
plot analyses were used. The method is that keeping total con-
2+
centration of L and Ni at 10.0 mM, and changing the molar ratio
of Ni2+ (XM; XM = [Ni ]/{[L] + [Ni ]}) from 0.1 to 0.9. From Fig. 3,
2+
2+
2+
when molar fraction of Ni was 0.5, the absorbance at 516 nm got
to maximum, indicating that forming a 1:1 complex between L and
2+
Ni
.
ing intermediate was then treated by POCl /DMF to give
3
7
-diethylaminocoumarin-3-aldehyde. L was readily synthesized
by one-step condensation of 7-diethylaminocoumarin-3-aldehyde
and 3-amino-7-hydroxycoumarin in absolute ethanol as shown in
Scheme 1 and characterized by FT-IR, 1H NMR and elemental anal-
ysis.
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.2. Selective recognition of Ni2+ with L
Firstly, the metal ion binding and sensing ability of L was
investigated in CH CN. Fig. 1 demonstrates the changes in the
Fig. 2. Photographs of L color changes (10.0 M) with gradual addition of Ni2+ from
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absorption spectrum of L (10 M) in CH CN in the absence and
left to right: 0, 4, 10, 20 and 50 M, respectively in CH3CN solution.
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