Nuclear magnetic resonance and optosensing properties of di-2-thienyl ketone p-nitrophenylhydrazone (DSKNPH) in non-aqueous media.

The compound di-2-thienyl ketone p-nitrophenylhydrazone (DSKNPH) melting point 168-170 degrees C was isolated in good yield from the reaction between di-2-thienyl ketone (DSK) and p-nitrophenylhydrazine in refluxing ethanol containing a few drop of concentrated HCl. Nuclear magnetic resonance studies on DSKNPH in non-aqueous solvents revealed strong solvent and temperature dependence due to solvent-solute interactions. Optical measurements on DSKNPH in DMSO in the presence and absence of KPF(6) gave extinction coefficients of 83,300+/-2000 and 25,600+/-2000M(-1)cm(-1) at 612 and 427nm at 295K. In CH(2)Cl(2), extinction coefficient of 34,000+/-2000M(-1)cm(-1) was calculated at 422nm. When DMSO solutions of DSKNPH were allowed to interact with DMSO solutions of NaBH(4) the low energy electronic state becomes favorable and when DMSO solutions of DSPKNPH where allowed to interact with DMSO solutions of KPF(6) or NaBF(4), the high energy electronic state becomes favorable. The reversible BH(4)(-)/BF(4)(-) interconversion points to physical interactions between these species and DSKNPH and hints to the possible use of DSKNPH as a spectrophotometric sensor for a variety of physical and chemical stimuli. Thermo-optical measurements on DSKNPH in DMSO confirmed the reversible interconversion between the high and low energy electronic states of DSKNPH and allowed for the calculations of the thermodynamic activation parameters of DSKNPH. Changes in enthalpy (DeltaH(slashed circle)) of +57.67+/-4.20; 27.15+/-0.90kJmol(-1), entropy (DeltaS(slashed circle)) of +160+/-12.88; 83+/-2.91Jmol(-1) and free energy (DeltaG(slashed circle)) of -8.52+/-0.40; 2.66+/-0.25kJmol(-1) were calculated at 295K in the absence and presence of NaBH(4), respectively. Manipulation of the equilibrium distribution of the high and low energy electronic states of DSKNPH allowed for the use of these systems (DSKNPH and surrounding solvent molecules) as molecular sensors for group I and II metal ions. Group I and II metal ions in concentrations as low as 1.00x10(-5) M can be detected and determined using DSKNPH in DMSO.