ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Potentiometric Lead (II) Ions Recognition
by Liquid Membrane Electrodes Incorporating
Methoxy Substituted Arylenevinylene Derivatives
A. Zimkus1, I. Cretscu2, I. Grzybowska3, H. Radecka4* H. J. Geise5,
P. Dieltiens5, K. Aleksandrzak6
Introduction
1 Vilnius University, Department of Biochemistry, Vilnius, Lituania
2 “Gh. Asachi” Technical University Iasi, Faculty of Industrial Chemistry, Environmental Department, 6600 Iasi, Romania
3 PhD student of University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
4 Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research Polish Academy of Sciences, Tuwima 10, 10-747 Olsztyn, Poland
5 University of Antwerp (UIA), Department of Chemistry, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
6 University of Nicolas Copernicus, Department of Chemistry, Gagarina 7, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
2 “Gh. Asachi” Technical University Iasi, Faculty of Industrial Chemistry, Environmental Department, 6600 Iasi, Romania
3 PhD student of University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
4 Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research Polish Academy of Sciences, Tuwima 10, 10-747 Olsztyn, Poland
5 University of Antwerp (UIA), Department of Chemistry, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
6 University of Nicolas Copernicus, Department of Chemistry, Gagarina 7, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2003;12(6):773–778
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ABSTRACT
The potentiometric responses towards lead ions of liquid membrane electrodes containing arylenevinylene
derivatives are reported. The membranes respond to lead ions in the activity range 10-6 - 10-3
M and show good selectivity against common interfering mono- and doubly-charged cations. The new
ligands demonstrate low affinity for protonation. 1 mol % (vs the ionphore) of potassium tetrakis(pchlorophenyl)
borate was used as a lipophilic anionic salt to improve the selectivity. The ligands selected
for the present study allow estimating the influence of olefinic double bounds, the number of aromatic rings
and the number and position of methoxy groups on recognition process of the lead ions.
