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A New, Rapid, Colorimetric Chemodosimeter, 4(pyrrol-1-Yl)pyridine, for Nitrite Detection in Aqueous Solution

Version 1 : Received: 5 December 2023 / Approved: 6 December 2023 / Online: 6 December 2023 (10:58:54 CET)

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Thomas, M.E.; Schmitt, L.D.; Lees, A.J. A New, Rapid, Colorimetric Chemodosimeter, 4-(Pyrrol-1-Yl)Pyridine, for Nitrite Detection in Aqueous Solution. ACS Omega 2024, 9, 37278–37287, doi:10.1021/acsomega.4c05026. Thomas, M.E.; Schmitt, L.D.; Lees, A.J. A New, Rapid, Colorimetric Chemodosimeter, 4-(Pyrrol-1-Yl)Pyridine, for Nitrite Detection in Aqueous Solution. ACS Omega 2024, 9, 37278–37287, doi:10.1021/acsomega.4c05026.

Abstract

With increasing concerns over environmental impact, and overall health of both the environment and its people, a need to quantify contaminants is of the utmost importance. Chemosensors with low detection limits and relative ease of application can address this challenge. Nitrite ions are known to be detrimental to both the environment and human health. A new colorimetric chemodosimeter has been prepared from a homolytic photochemical cleavage of a reaction between pyrrole and pyridine. The product, 4(pyrrol1-yl)pyridine, yields a limit of detection of 0.330 (±0.09) ppm for the detection of nitrite in aqueous solution, employing a colorimetric change from yellow to pink. It is also highly selective for nitrite when various competitive anions such as SO32- , NO3-, PO43-, SO4-2, Cl-, F-, I-, Br-, and CN- are present in great excess. The molecule’s especially high sensitivity to nitrite is apparently the result of a complex supramolecular mechanism, characterized by both dynamic light scattering of the aggregate and the Tyndall effect. Consequently, this new sensor provides a simple, low-cost way to rapidly detect nitrite anions in aqueous solution.

Keywords

aggregate; chemodosimeter; limit of detection; nitrite

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Food Chemistry

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