Abstract

The commercially available natural organic dye, carminic acid (CA), an anthraquinone derivative bearing hydroxyl and carboxyl groups as recognition sites was found to be a colorimetric probe for Pb2+ in perfect aqueous solution under neutral conditions with specific selectivity and high sensitivity. Upon addition of Pb2+, the absorption maximum of CA showed a large red shift, and the resulted color change from red to purple could be easily identified even by the naked eye. The chemical stoichiometric ratio between CA and Pb2+ was determined to be 1:2 through Job plot, Pb2+ titration, and kinetic experiments. Moreover, other environmental relevant metal ions induced no or minimal spectral and color changes. The reversibility of Pb2+ to CA with EDTA even through several cycles was established for practical applications. The results indicated that CA can be a good candidate for simple, convenient and reversible colorimetric detection of Pb2+ in aqueous solution even though it was hard to be applied to determine Pb2+ on the water testing by US EPA.

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