Analytical Sciences

A Novel Ratiometric Cationic Iridium(III) Complex Phosphorescent Probe for Hydrogen Peroxide

Xuanxian WU and Qi LIN

College of Ocean, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China

A novel cationic iridium(III) complex phosphorescent probe (Ir-BE) containing aromatic boronate ester moiety as recognition unit was designed and synthesized. The probe exhibits ratiometric emission variations (I₄₉₀/I₅₅₀) with the color change from yellow to green only toward H₂O₂ with a broad pH range of 4 – 13. Different from other aromatic boronate-based probes, Ir-BE possesses larger Stokes shift (320 nm) and exhibits good linear correlation (R² = 0.998) between the emission ratio (I₄₉₀/I₅₅₀) and the H₂O₂ concentration in a range of 0 – 300 μM. The detection limit was as low as 0.21 μM. Furthermore, the real water sample studied further proved Ir-BE has excellent selectivity for the quantitative detection of H₂O₂.

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