A Novel Chromone Schiff-Base Fluorescent Chemosensor for Cd(II) Based on C=N Isomerization.

A new chromone Schiff-base fluorescent probe 7'-methoxychromone-3'-methylidene-1,2,4-triazole-3-imine (L) was designed and synthesized for selective recognition Cd(2+). With the fluorescence titration and the ESI-MS data, we reach the conclusion that the binding mode of the ligand-metal (L-Cd (2+) ) complex is 1:1. The sensor showed a strong fluorescence enhancement in ethanol system of Cd(2+) (excitation 409 nm and emission 462 nm) and the sensing mechanism based on the fact that C=N isomerization can be used to explain this phenomenon.