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Ultrasensitive dicyanoisophorone-based near-infrared fluorescent probe for rapid and specific detection of thiophenols in river water

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Thiophenols are a class of highly toxic pollutant compounds, which can cause severe damage to the central nervous system and other nervous systems after long-term exposure. Therefore, it is of significance to develop an effective method to detect trace thiophenols in the environment. Herein, we synthesized a dicyanoisophorone-based near-infrared fluorescent probe (probe 1) with large stokes shift (λem − λabs = 203 nm) for the selective detection of thiophenols. Probe 1 exhibited very high response speed (less than 200 S), sensitivity, and selectivity towards thiophenols, regardless of the presence of aliphatic thiols and other analytes. The detection limit was as low as 3.4 nM and the signal-to-background ratio of fluorescence intensity reached 30. Moreover, probe 1 displayed ultrasensitivity and high reliability in the quantitative detection of trace thiophenol in three river water samples.

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This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21573069) and the Research Fund of Education of the People’s Republic of China (JPPT-125-4-076).

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    Shunzhou Chang & Zhizhong Zhang

  2. Key Lab for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, People’s Republic of China

    Kaiqiang Xiang, Wei Ming, Xiaojun Cheng, Changdong Han, Baozhu Tian & Jinlong Zhang

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Chang, S., Xiang, K., Ming, W. et al. Ultrasensitive dicyanoisophorone-based near-infrared fluorescent probe for rapid and specific detection of thiophenols in river water. Res Chem Intermed 44, 5683–5695 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-018-3448-3

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