Selective sensing of anions with synthetic receptors is important in chemical, biological and environmental applications. Although, there are many examples of synthetic receptors that bind anions in organic solvents, water soluble synthetic receptors capable of selective anion sensing under neutral conditions are still limited in the literature. This presentation will report a dinuclear copper(II) complex that has been investigated for a variety of anions by UV-Vis and fluorescence titrations in water, showing high selectivity for cyanide in water.

Selective binding of cyanide with a dinuclear metal complex

256th National Meeting (2018)

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