Swamy, Chinna Ayya P and Thilagar, Pakkirisamy (2015) Polyfunctional Lewis Acids: Intriguing Solid-State Structure and Selective Detection and Discrimination of Nitroaromatic Explosives. In: CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 21 (24). pp. 8874-8882.
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Abstract
Synthesis and crystal structures of three porphyrin-based polyfunctional Lewis acids 1-3 are reported. Intermolecular HgClHgCl (linear and -type) interactions in the solid state of the peripherally ArHgCl-decorated compound 3 lead to a fascinating 3D supramolecular architecture. Compound3 shows a selective fluorescence quenching response to picric acid and discriminates other nitroaromatic-based explosives. For the first time, an electron-deficient polyfunctional Lewis acid is shown to be useful for the selective detection and discrimination of nitroaromatic explosives. The Stern-Volmer quenching constant and detection limits of compound3 for picric acid are the best among the reported small-molecular receptors for nitroaromatic explosives. The electronic structure, Lewis acidity, and selective sensing characteristics of 3 are well corroborated by DFT calculations.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Publication: | CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL |
Publisher: | WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH |
Additional Information: | Copy right for this article belongs to the WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, BOSCHSTRASSE 12, D-69469 WEINHEIM, GERMANY |
Keywords: | Lewis acids; mercury; porphyrinoids; sensors; supramolecular chemistry |
Department/Centre: | Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry |
Date Deposited: | 26 Jun 2015 05:23 |
Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2015 05:23 |
URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/51761 |
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