Ra. Bartsch et al., CHROMOGENIC DIAZA-CROWN ETHER DICARBOXYLIC-ACIDS FOR DETERMINATION OFCALCIUM-IONS, Journal of organic chemistry, 59(3), 1994, pp. 616-621
The synthesis of two novel calcium chromoionophores 2 and 3, which are
based on a benzodiazacrown ether with an inward-facing methoxyl group
and bear two acetic acid groups and a 2,4,6-trinitroanilino chromopho
re, is described. Calcium and magnesium responses at pH optima are det
ermined. Compound 2 exhibits a 31-nm bathochromic shift of the absorpt
ion maximum, an increase in the absorptivity upon complexation with Ca
2+, and good selecitivity for Ca2+ over Mg2+ at pH 10.3. The response
of chromoionophore 2 is linear from 0 to 8 X 10(-3) M Ca2+.