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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2017 Jun 26;56(27):7783-7786. doi: 10.1002/anie.201702296. Epub 2017 Jun 05.

Lanthanide Complexes that Respond to Changes in Cyanide Concentration in Water.

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

Jack D Routledge, Xuejian Zhang, Michael Connolly, Manuel Tropiano, Octavia A Blackburn, Alan M Kenwright, Paul D Beer, Simon Aldridge, Stephen Faulkner

Affiliations

  1. Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK.
  2. Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Lower Mountjoy, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK.

PMID: 28497649 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201702296

Abstract

Cyanide ions are shown to interact with lanthanide complexes of phenacylDO3A derivatives in aqueous solution, giving rise to changes in the luminescence and NMR spectra. These changes are the consequence of cyanohydrin formation, which is favored by the coordination of the phenacyl carbonyl group to the lanthanide center. These complexes display minimal affinity for fluoride and can detect cyanide at concentrations less than 1 μm. By contrast, lanthanide complexes with DOTAM derivatives display no affinity for cyanide in water, but respond to changes in fluoride concentration.

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Keywords: cyanide; detection; energy transfer; fluoride; lanthanide complexes

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