Submission Date
7-23-2021
Document Type
Paper- Restricted to Campus Access
Department
Chemistry
Faculty Mentor
Ryan R. Walvoord
Project Description
Chlorite is often present in water as a byproduct of the water purification process. Concentrations of chlorite above the allowed limit can cause damage to red blood cells and is therefore regularly monitored in drinking water sources. Currently, chlorite detection involves advanced instrumentation and off site sample preparation. A potentially simpler and inexpensive detection process may be achieved by fluorogenic probes which undergo a reaction with a specific analyte to have a change in optical properties. Our strategy proposes synthesis and evaluation of a fluorescent probe bearing an aldehyde moiety, which we hypothesize will undergo an oxidation to the carboxylic acid when in the presence of chlorite through a Pinnick oxidation. The probe will be analyzed through spectrophotometry for the change in optical properties.
Recommended Citation
St. Jean, Alyssa, "Synthesis and Testing of an Aldehyde-Based Fluorogenic Probe for Chlorite Detection" (2021). Chemistry Summer Fellows. 40.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/chem_sum/40
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Available to Ursinus community only.
Comments
Presented during the 23rd Annual Summer Fellows Symposium, July 23, 2021 at Ursinus College.