A Metallosupramolecular Coordination Polymer for the ‘Turn‐on’ Fluorescence Detection of Hydrogen Sulfide
Dr. Joydev Hatai,
Dr. Christoph Hirschhäuser,
Prof. Dr. Carsten Schmuck,
Dr. Jochen Niemeyer
Affiliations
Dr. Joydev Hatai
Faculty of Chemistry (Organic Chemistry) and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg- Essen (CENIDE) University of Duisburg-Essen Universitätsstrasse 7 45141 Essen Germany
Dr. Christoph Hirschhäuser
Faculty of Chemistry (Organic Chemistry) and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg- Essen (CENIDE) University of Duisburg-Essen Universitätsstrasse 7 45141 Essen Germany
Prof. Dr. Carsten Schmuck
Faculty of Chemistry (Organic Chemistry) and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg- Essen (CENIDE) University of Duisburg-Essen Universitätsstrasse 7 45141 Essen Germany
Dr. Jochen Niemeyer
Faculty of Chemistry (Organic Chemistry) and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg- Essen (CENIDE) University of Duisburg-Essen Universitätsstrasse 7 45141 Essen Germany
Abstract A coumarin based probe for the efficient detection of hydrogen sulfide in aqueous medium is reported. The investigated coumarine‐based derivative forms spherical nanoparticles in aqueous media. In presence of Pd2+, a metallosupramolecular coordination polymer is formed, which is accompanied by quenching of the coumarin emission at 390 nm. Its Pd2+ complex could be used as a probe for chemoselective detection of monohydrogensulfide (HS−). Presence of HS− leads to a'turn‐on' fluorescence signal, resulting from decomplexation of Pd2+ from the metallosupramolecular probe. The probe was successfully applied for qualitative and quantitative detection of HS− in different sources of water directly collected from sea, river, tap and laboratory drain water, as well as in growth media for aquatic species.
