Suprava Ghosh, Chandi C Malakar, Pallab Pahari, Ananta Kumar Atta
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Herein, we report pyrene-tagged amide and urea-based sugar derivatives 1 and 2 in a simple synthetic pathway to recognize I- and Hg2+ ions. Both molecules showed absorbance and fluorescence selectivity towards iodide ions in THF/H2O (7/3, v/v) medium. The selectivity and sensitivity of 2 for iodide ions are superior to 1 due to more H-bond donors in 2. Interestingly, fluorometric receptor 2 exhibited aggregation-induced emission (AIE) at higher pH with a remarkable fluorometric color change. The AIE phenomenon might be explained by the self-association of 2 after forming imine functionality in the alkali medium. The Stern-Volmer plot showed the fluorescence quenching constant of each receptor with an iodide ion and indicated the quenching pathway. The LODs of 1 and 2 for iodide ions were evaluated as 0.84 and 0.17 µM, respectively. The 1:1 binding stoichiometry of 1 or 2 with iodide was found from the Job plot and verified by measuring the complex mass. Further, the complexes of each receptor with I- ions can detect Hg2+ ions selectively by fluorescence turn-on method with low sensitivities (LODs: 0.008 µM for 1 and 0.01 µM for 2). DFT results were used to understand the binding mode of receptors 1 and 2 with iodide ions and the quenching process in the aqueous THF medium. The real application of the receptors was established for the recovery of iodide and Hg2+ ions from natural water samples.