Tuning of the electrochemical recognition of substrates as a function of the proton concentration in solution using pH-responsive redox-active receptor molecules
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans.
- No. 3,p. 343-351
- https://doi.org/10.1039/dt9960000343
Abstract
Reaction of ferrocene-1,1′-dicarbaldehyde and ethane-1,2-diamine yielded the Schiff-base derivative 2,5,19,22-tetraaza[6.6](1,1′)ferrocenophane-1,5-diene, 1 the molecular structure of which has been determined by single-crystal X-ray analysis. Hydrogenation of 1 with LiAlH4 resulted in the corresponding amine 2,5,19,22-tetraaza-[6.6](1,1′)ferrocenophane 2 which was characterised crystallographically. The protonation behaviour of 2(denoted as L) and its complex formation with copper(II), nickel(II) and zinc(II) has been studied by potentiometric titrations in tetrahydrofuran–water (70:30 v/v)(0.1 mol dm–3 NBu4ClO4, 25 °C). The complexes [M(HL)]3+, [ML]2+, [M(OH)]+ and [ML(OH)2] are formed. An electrochemical study of compound 2 has also been performed under the same conditions at which the potentiometry was carried out and the pKa values for the mixed-valence FeIIFeIII and oxidised FeIIIFeIII species determined by fitting the curve of E½versus pH. From those data the Pourbaix diagram of the redox-active 2 has been calculated. Compound 2 can be considered as a selective electrochemical sensor for copper(II).Keywords
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