About: Picrate is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1834 publications have been published within this topic receiving 24405 citations. The topic is also known as: picrates.
TL;DR: In this paper, a novel fluorescent film was fabricated by doping the aggregates of hexaphenylsilole (HPS) into a chitosan film, which was demonstrated that the fluorescence emission of the film is stable, sensitive and highly selective to the presence of picric acid.
Abstract: A novel fluorescent film was fabricated by doping the aggregates of hexaphenylsilole (HPS) into a chitosan film. It was demonstrated that the fluorescence emission of the film is stable, sensitive and highly selective to the presence of picric acid (PA). The detection limit for PA is about 2.1 × 10−8 mol/L. Introduction of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT), nitrobenzene (NB), phenol, benzene, toluene, methanol, ethanol, and zinc nitrate (Zn(NO3)2) had little effect upon the fluorescence emission of the film. The selectivity of the film was attributed to the specific electrostatic association effect of the protonated substrate film to picrate anion and the screening effect of the film to the interferents. The network structure of the substrate film is also favourable for the stabilization of the fluorescence emission of the hybrid film, by preventing the further aggregation of silole aggregates. Fluorescence lifetime measurements revealed that the quenching is static in nature. Furthermore, the quenching process is fully reversible. Considering the simplicity of the preparation and the outstanding performance of the hybrid film, it is anticipated that it could be developed into a real-life PA sensor.
TL;DR: Two new anthracene-functionalized fluorescent tris-imidazolium salts have been synthesized, characterized, and proven to be selective sensors for picric acid, which is a common constituent of many powerful explosives.
Abstract: Two new anthracene-functionalized fluorescent tris-imidazolium salts have been synthesized, characterized, and proven to be selective sensors for picric acid, which is a common constituent of many powerful explosives. Theoretical studies revealed an unusual ground-state electron transfer from picrate anion to the sensor molecules.
TL;DR: In this article, a simple semiquantitative picrate method for the determination of total cyanogens in cassava flour has been modified by increasing the concentration of the picrate solution used to make up the photo papers, such that a linear Beer's Law relation between absorbance and cyanogen content is obtained over the range 0.800 mg HCN equivalents kg−1 cassava.
TL;DR: In this article, a general method has been developed for determination of the total cyanide content of all cyanogenic plants and foods, including cassava roots and cassava products, flax seed, bamboo shoots and cyanide containing leaves.
TL;DR: In this article, single crystals of a lipophilic G-quadruplex formed by 5'tert-butyl-dimethylsilyl-2',3'di-O'isopropylidene G 2 were obtained from a CH3CN solution containing potassium picrate and cesium picrate.
Abstract: Single crystals of a lipophilic G-quadruplex formed by 5‘-tert-butyl-dimethylsilyl-2‘,3‘,-di-O-isopropylidene G 2 were obtained from a CH3CN solution containing potassium picrate and cesium picrate. The X-ray structure showed that 16 units of G 2 and 4 equiv of alkali picrate form the lipophilic G-quadruplex. The quadruplex has a filled cation channel, with three K+ ions and one Cs+ ion located along its central axis. The quadruplex is formed by a pair of head-to-tail (G 2)8-K+ octamers. Both octamers use eight carbonyl oxygens to coordinate K+. The two (G 2)8-K+ octamers are of opposite polarity, being coaxially stacked in a head-to-head orientation. A Cs+ cation, with an unusual coordination geometry, caps the cation channel. The Cs+ is coordinated to four acetonitrile solvent molecules in an η2-fashion. Within an octamer the two tetramers are stacked so that they are 3.3 A apart and twisted by 30°. A second stacking interaction is defined by the head-to-head arrangement between the two (G 2)8-K+ octame...