Q.-Q. Tian et al.
Inorganica Chimica Acta 521 (2021) 120349
Table 1
2
+
Determination of Hg in real water samples with probe PT.
a
2+
b
2+
c
Sample
pH
Added Hg
µM)
Found Hg
Recovery
(%)
RSD
(%)
(
(µM)
Tap water
6.89
7.18
8.37
0.1
0.107
0.519
1.083
107.0
103.8
108.3
0
1
.5
.0
2.31
2.46
2.49
River water
0.1
0.098
0.512
1.021
98.0
102.4
102.1
0
1
.5
.0
Industrial
sewage
0.1
0.5
0.105
0.523
1.091
105.0
104.6
109.1
1
.0
a
2+
Determined with a pH meter before treating with Hg
Results are based on three measurements.
RSD = Relative standard deviation.
.
b
c
2
+
Fig. 1. Absorption spectra of probe PT (0.7 M) with 10 equiv. of Hg ions.
μ
2
+
Inset: before and after the addition of Hg , the bright yellow change of the
probe PT solution can be observed by the naked eye.
1
4
5
10.18 (CH), 105.09 (CH), 44.05 (CH
2
), 12.39 (CH
3
). ESI-MS: m/z (%):
+
35.76 ([M + H] , 100). Anal. Calcd for C24
22 2 2 2
H N O S : C, 66.33; H,
.10; N, 6.45; S, 14.75. Found: C, 66.14; H, 5.104; N, 6.47; S, 14.79%.
2
.3. Sample preparation and optical measurements
A stock solution of probe 1 was prepared in ethanol/DMSO (2:1, v/v,
Scheme 1. Synthesis route of probe PT.
+ 2+ 2+ +
1
mM), stock solutions (1 mM) of nitrate salts (Ag , Ca , Cd , Na ,
2
+
2+
3+
3+
3+
2+
2+
2+
2+
2+
2+
2+
Co , Cu , Cr , Fe , Hg , Mg , Mn , Ni , Pb and Zn ) , ac-
spectrometer with DMSO‑d
6
as solvent and TMS as internal standard.
etate salts (Al , Ba ) of different metals and tetra butyl ammonium
Elemental analyses (C, H, N and S) were performed with an Elementar
vario MICRO cube auto analyzer. Mass spectra were obtained on a
Finnigan LCQ-DECA instrument. UV–vis spectra were obtained from a
Mapada UV-6100 spectrophotometer (Shanghai, China). Fluorescence
spectra measurements were performed on a HORIBA Dual-FL fluores-
cence spectrophotometer. A METTLER TOLEDO FE28-standard bench-
top pH meter. 2-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)-5-(N,N-diethylamino) phenol
-
-
– – –
-
-
salt (Cl , ClO , CN , CH COO , HSO , NO and SCN ) of different anions
4 3 4 3
were prepared in ultrapure water. The pH was adjusted with dilute HCl
and sodium hydroxide (0.1 M). All absorption and fluorescence emission
spectra were recorded in a quartz optical cell of 1 cm optical path length.
2.4. The calculation of detection limit
(
1) was synthesized by the methods reported in the literature [20].
The detection limit (DL) of probe PT towards Hg2 ion was calcu-
+
lated according to the equation “DL = 3σ/k”. In which, “σ” is the stan-
2
.2. Synthesis of (2-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)-5-(N,N-diethylamino)
dard deviation of seven blank measurements, and “k” is the slope
phenol)-phenyl carbonothioate (PT)
2+
between fluorescence intensity and the concentration of Hg ion.
To
phenol (1) (500 mg, 1.68 mmol) and potassium carbonate (466 mg,
.33 mmol) in 10 mL of acetonitrile, stirred for 10 min at room tem-
a solution of 2-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)-5-(N,N-diethylamino)
3
perature, then Phenyl chlorothionocarbonate (2) (583 mg, 3.38 mmol)
was added. The mixture was heated for reflux for 6 h under an argon
atmosphere. After the time given, the solvent was evaporated under
reduced pressure, and the residue was purified by silica column chro-
matography (Ethyl acetate: Petroleum ether, 1:15, v/v) to give probe PT
◦
as orange-red solid (435 mg, 59.7% yield). Mp 96.6–101.0 C (ethyl
acetate). R
f
= 0.2 (Ethyl acetate:Petroleum ether, 1:5, v/v). IR (KBr,
ꢀ
1
cm ): 3069 (w), 2984 (m), 2940 (w), 1623 (vs), 1558 (m), 1470 (s),
272 (vs), 1210 (vs), 1110 (s), 761 (s), 728 (s), 691 (s). 1H NMR (400
MHz, DMSO‑d
1
6
): δ 8.13 (dd, J = 8.4, 5.7 Hz, 2H, ArH), 7.99 (d, J = 8.1
Hz, 1H, ArH), 7.51 (t, J = 7.9 Hz, 3H, ArH), 7.41 (d, J = 7.8 Hz, 1H,
ArH), 7.36 (dd, J = 11.4, 5.1 Hz, 3H, ArH), 6.79 (dd, J = 9.1, 2.2 Hz, 1H,
ArH), 6.70 (d, J = 2.2 Hz, 1H, ArH), 3.44 (q, J = 6.9 Hz, 4H, CH
2
), 1.14
): δ 193.52
N), 153.29 (C), 153.71 (C), 152.03 (C), 150.37 (C),
1
3
(
(
t, J = 6.9 Hz, 6H, CH
3 6
). C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO‑d
–
–
–
2+
C
–
S), 162.35 (C
Fig. 2. Fluorescence spectra of probe PT (0.7
μ
M) for 10 equiv. of Hg
1
1
34.09 (CH), 130.87 (CH), 129.90 (CH), 126.96 (CH), 126.38 (CH),
24.59 (CH), 121.96 (CH), 121.91 (CH), 121.79 (CH), 111.48 (C),
ex
detection (λ = 386 nm). Inset: Plot of the fluorescence intensity of probe PT
2
+
addition of Hg at 423 nm.
2