Thioureas based sensors

Thioureas-binding site can be introduced to molecules like anthraquinone and is for use in various kinds of anion or fluoride sensors. Thiourea-based sensor are generally designed to recognize anion through an intermolecular hydrogen bonding.167 171... 

The determination of iodide with ion-selective electrodes is possible with commercial sensors often based on ion conducting Ag2S—Agl solid membranes [57]. A PVC membrane-based sensor employing a silver complex with thiourea derivatives has been reported by El Aamrani et al. [202]. Interference from thiocyanate and bromide was investigated and a limit of detection in the nanomolar range was determined. A study assessing the performance... 

In addition to reaction catalysts, a number of quinolines were described with valuable chemo-sensing properties. Even a simple quinolone, such as that shown in Scheme 1, can be used as a method for cyanide detection in aqueous environments (14TL1052).This quinoline-derived probe with an aldehyde forms a cyanohydrin with strong fluorescence. Another quinoline chemosensor, a quinoline tripodal thiourea, selectively binds with fluoride and no other halogens (14TL1467). A thioamide-based sensor with both... 

Li H, Xu J, Yan H (2009) Ratiometric fluorescent determination of cysteine based on organic nanoparticles of naphthalene-thiourea-thiadiazole-linked molecule. Sensor Actuat B-Chem... 

Ion-Selective Electrodes based on Bis-Thiourea Receptors. Bis-thiourea derivatives 14, 15, and 17, which have a good membrane solubility, sufficient lipophilicity to prevent leaching into the aqueous sample solution, and a low tendency for self-aggregation in nonpolar solvents, were incorporated into PVC matrix liquid membranes for ISEs. While membrane electrodes based on the dibutyl derivative 14 gave a phosphate response almost identical to that of a conventional anion-exchanger electrode, a membrane electrode based on the phenyl-substituted bis-thiourea 15 exhibited a slightly improved phosphate response, which seems to be the result of improved complexation of phosphate in the sensor membrane. 

Acetylcholineesterase and choline oxidase Au foil was treated with cystamine to produce a base layer of ami-nothiolate units, was derivatized by reaction of the amino group and disodium-4,4 -diisothiocyanato-trans-stilbene-2,2 -disulfonate. Enzymes were immobilized at the isothiocyanate group via thiourea link. The bifunctional sensor for ACh was prepared by stepwise immobilization of four layers of the enzyme ChO and three layers of AChE. Choline generated was detected amperometircally with the use of 2,6-dichloro-phenolindophenol as a mediator in solution. Electrical communication between the enzyme and the electrode is achieved either by the use of ferrocenecar-boxylic acid as mediator in the assay buffer or by immobilization of [(ferrocenyl methyl)amino] hexa-noic acid on the enzyme layer. [92]... 

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