Recognition of monocarboxylic acids by imidazole based fluorescent receptors

Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Raja Rammohunpur, Darjeeling-734 013, West Bengal, India

Department of Chemistry, Alipurduar College, Alipurduar-736 122, West Bengal, India

E-mail: firoj01982@gmail.com, rckncs@gmail.com

Manuscript received online 12 October 2020, revised and accepted 27 November 2020

Pyridyl moiety containing substituted imidazole receptors have been synthesized. Their binding properties with monocarboxylic acids have been studied by UV-Vis, fluorescence method as well as ¹H NMR study.