Development of a facile and sensitive fluorimetric derivatization reagent for detecting formaldehydeElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c6ay00108d

Formaldehyde is one of the main environmental pollutants and has significant impacts on human health. Herein, we developed a derivatization reagent for detecting formaldehyde rapidly, facilely and sensitively. Upon the introduction of formaldehyde, the reagent exhibited significant enhancement in fl...

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Main Authors Liu, Chao, Cheng, An-Wei, Xia, Xue-Kui, Liu, Yu-Fa, He, Sheng-Wen, Guo, Xu, Sun, Jin-Yue
Format Journal Article
Published 24.03.2016
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Summary:Formaldehyde is one of the main environmental pollutants and has significant impacts on human health. Herein, we developed a derivatization reagent for detecting formaldehyde rapidly, facilely and sensitively. Upon the introduction of formaldehyde, the reagent exhibited significant enhancement in fluorescence spectra at room temperature within 9 minutes, and the enhanced green fluorescence could be easily observed by the naked eye. Compared with other relevant analytes such as H 2 S, CO, NO and benzene, only formaldehyde could elicit the obvious increase in fluorescence. Furthermore, we prepared fluorescent test papers with the reagent and demonstrated their application for the detection of formaldehyde qualitatively. In this study, a rapid, facile and sensitive derivatization reagent for detecting formaldehyde has been developed.
Bibliography:10.1039/c6ay00108d
Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI
ISSN:1759-9660
1759-9679
DOI:10.1039/c6ay00108d