High pH sensing with water-soluble porpholactone derivatives and their incorporation into a Nafion® optode membrane
Keyword(s):
High Ph
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The known optical high pH sensing chromophores, free base and metal complexes (M = 2H, Zn(ii), Pt(ii)) of meso-tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)porpholactone, and the as yet untested Ga(iii) complex, were made freely water-soluble by derivatization at the aryl group with PEG chains.