Azulene–boronate esters: colorimetric indicators for fluoride in drinking water

Carlos Miguel Lopez-Alled; Adrian Sanchez Fernandez; Karen Edler; Adam Sedgwick; Steven Bull; Claire McMullin; Gabriele Kociok-Kohn; Tony James; Jannis Wenk; Simon Lewis

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Azulene–boronate esters: colorimetric indicators for fluoride in drinking water

Carlos Miguel Lopez-Alled, Adrian Sanchez Fernandez, Karen Edler, Adam Sedgwick, Steven Bull, Claire McMullin, Gabriele Kociok-Kohn, Tony James, Jannis Wenk, Simon Lewis

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Low cost and in situ fluoride detection by non-experts is important for the determination of drinking water safety in developing countries. Colour reagents can provide results quickly without expensive equipment, but colorimetric fluoride indicators are often nonspecific, complex to use or do not work in water. Here we show that azulene–boronate indicators respond selectively to fluoride at concentrations relevant to the WHO limit of 1.5 mg/L.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12580-12583
Number of pages	4
Journal	Chemical Communications
Volume	53
Issue number	93
Early online date	14 Nov 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cc07416f
Publication status	Published - 4 Dec 2017

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Azulene–boronate esters: colorimetric indicators for fluoride in drinking water. / Lopez-Alled, Carlos Miguel; Sanchez Fernandez, Adrian; Edler, Karen; Sedgwick, Adam; Bull, Steven ; McMullin, Claire; Kociok-Kohn, Gabriele; James, Tony ; Wenk, Jannis ; Lewis, Simon.

In: Chemical Communications, Vol. 53, No. 93, 04.12.2017, p. 12580-12583.

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