Acid is a potential interferent in fluorescent sensing of chemical warfare agent vapors.

Autor: Fan S; Centre for Organic Photonics & Electronics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia., Dennison GH; Land Division, Defence Science & Technology Group, Fishermans Bend, VIC, Australia., FitzGerald N; Land Division, Defence Science & Technology Group, Fishermans Bend, VIC, Australia., Burn PL; Centre for Organic Photonics & Electronics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. p.burn2@uq.edu.au., Gentle IR; Centre for Organic Photonics & Electronics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia., Shaw PE; Centre for Organic Photonics & Electronics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. p.shaw3@uq.edu.au.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Communications chemistry [Commun Chem] 2021 Mar 26; Vol. 4 (1), pp. 45. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 26.
DOI: 10.1038/s42004-021-00482-6
Abstrakt: A common feature of fluorescent sensing materials for detecting chemical warfare agents (CWAs) and simulants is the presence of nitrogen-based groups designed to nucleophilically displace a phosphorus atom substituent, with the reaction causing a measurable fluorescence change. However, such groups are also basic and so sensitive to acid. In this study we show it is critical to disentangle the response of a candidate sensing material to acid and CWA simulant. We report that pyridyl-containing sensing materials designed to react with a CWA gave a strong and rapid increase in fluorescence when exposed to Sarin, which is known to contain hydrofluoric acid. However, when tested against acid-free diethylchlorophosphate and di-iso-propylfluorophosphate, simulants typically used for evaluating novel G-series CWA sensors, there was no change in the fluorescence. In contrast, simulants that had been stored or tested under a standard laboratory conditions all led to strong changes in fluorescence, due to acid impurities. Thus the results provide strong evidence that care needs to be taken when interpreting the results of fluorescence-based solid-state sensing studies of G-series CWAs and their simulants. There are also implications for the application of these pyridyl-based fluorescence and other nucleophilic/basic sensing systems to real-world CWA detection.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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