Anthracene derivatives bearing sulfur atoms or selenium atoms as fluorescent chemosensors for Cu and Hg: different selectivity induced from ligand immobilization onto anthracene
aDivision of Nano Science and Department of Chemistry, Ewha Womans University, 11-1 Daehyon-Dong, Sodaemun-Ku, Seoul 120-750, Republic of Korea
bDepartment of Chemistry, Dongguk University, Kyungju, Kyungbuk 780-714, Republic of Korea
Abstract:
Two new selenium containing anthracene derivatives and two new sulfur containing anthracene derivatives were synthesized as fluorescent chemosensors for Hg2+ and Cu2+. Compound 1 displayed a highly selective chelation enhanced fluorescence quenching (CHEQ) effect only with Cu2+, on the other hand, compounds 3 and 4 displayed highly selective chelation enhanced fluorescence (CHEF) effects only with Hg2+ among the metal ions examined.