A new diketopyrrolopyrrole-based probe for sensitive and selective detection of sulfite in aqueous solution

Xiaofeng Yang*, Yu Cui, Yexin Li, Luyi Zheng, Lijun Xie, Rui Ning, Zheng Liu, Junling Lu, Gege Zhang, Chunxiang Liu, Guangyou Zhang

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Abstract

A new probe was synthesized by incorporating an α,β -unsaturated ketone to a diketopyrrolopyrrole fluorophore. The probe had exhibited a selective and sensitive response to the sulfite against other thirteen anions and biothiols (Cys, Hcy and GSH), through the nucleophilic addition of sulfite to the alkene of probe with the detection limit of 0.1 μM in HEPES (10 mM, pH 7.4) THF/H2O (1:1, v/v). Meanwhile, it could be easily observed that the probe for sulfite changed from pink to colorless by the naked eye, and from pink to blue under UV lamp after the sulfite was added for 20 min. The NMR and Mass spectral analysis demonstrated the expected addition of sulfite to the CC bonds.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1055-1060
Number of pages6
JournalSpectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
Volume137
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 25 2015
Externally publishedYes

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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Instrumentation
  • Spectroscopy

Keywords

  • Aqueous solution
  • Diketopyrrolopyrrole
  • Fluorescence
  • Sulfite anion detection

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