- Title
- Synthesis and application of fluorescent triazolyl-coumarin based chemosensors
- Creator
- Schoeman, Stiaan
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Date Issued
- 2020
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MSc
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/47454
- Identifier
- vital:39992
- Description
- The search for a fluorescent chemosensor with high selectivity and sensitivity that can be used for the detection of trace amounts of a toxic transition metal or heavy metal ions have gained immense popularity in recent years. Coumarin derivatives have been widely used as the basis of these fluorescent chemosensors by which a 1,2,3-triazole ring is used as the binding site for such metal ions. The benefits of chemosensors include nearly eliminating the need for tedious sample preparation and highly skilled operators. Therefore, enabling quantitative and qualitative measurement in both a lab setting and on-site. In addition, chemosensors provide a more sensitive and selective detection method at low-cost. A variety of chemosensors were designed and synthesized, in which some synthesis steps were refined to obtain better yields and purer products. Chemosensors designed, in this study, can be divided into novel triazolyl-coumarin derivatives without a spacer 1C – 1D and with a spacer between the coumarin and triazole ring (2D and 2E). 1C – 1D were characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR and IR and photophysical properties were investigated in DMF. 2D and 2E could not be purified and further investigation was discontinued. An overall enhancement was observed for the chemosensors 1C – 1D in the presence of 24 different ions that were tested. 1C had a quenching effect in the presence of Cd2+, however, competition studies revealed that 1C is not selective in the presence of competing metal cations. Molecular modelling studies were performed on sensors 1C – 1G in the presence of various ions. The molecular modelling studies provided invaluable insights into the binding of the selected metal ions as well as revealed a variety of binding sites. In addition, the space-filled depictions offered insights into the overlapping during binding which had an effect in the electrostatic potential maps of the chemosensors..
- Format
- xii, 176 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Science
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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