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- A modular synthesis technique was used to create an ammonium-selective ionophore based on a cyclic depsipeptide structure and integrated into a planar ion-selective electrode sensor.
- The ion-selective membranes were made of plasticized PVC and tested for selectivity against various metal cations, showing the best performance with a polar plasticizer and no ionic additive, yielding high selectivity for ammonium ions.
- Overall, the findings suggest that the modular synthesis method allows for the tuning of the cyclic depsipeptide structure to improve ion selectivity in future applications.
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A modular technique was used to synthesize an ammonium-selective ionophore based on a cyclic depsipeptide structure. The ionophore was incorporated into a planar ion-selective electrode sensor format and the selectivity tested versus a range of metal cations in a commercial clinical diagnostic "point-of-care" instrument. Four sensor membrane formulations were tested, all of which consisted of plasticized PVC. Formulations differed as to the type of plasticizer used and whether an ionic additive was present. It was found that the membrane containing the polar plasticizer nitrophenyl octyl ether in the absence of ionic additive exhibited near-Nernstian behavior (slope, 60.1 mV/decade at 37 degrees C) and possessed high selectivity for ammonium ion over lithium and the divalent cations, calcium and magnesium (log K(POT)NH4+(j) = -7.3, -4.4, and -7.1 for lithium, calcium, and magnesium ions, respectively). The same membrane also exhibited sodium and potassium selectivity that was comparable to that reported for nonactin (log K(POT)NH4+(j) = -2.1 and -0.6 for sodium and potassium, respectively, compared to -2.4 and -0.9 in the case of nonactin). Membranes containing the less polar plasticizer, dioctyl phthalate, showed sub-Nernstian behavior (slope, <50 mV/decade at 37 degrees C). In all cases, the presence of the ionic additive potassium tetrakis(4-chlorophenyl)borate substantially reduced the selectivity observed. The flexible modular synthetic technique developed and reported here will allow the cyclic depsipeptide structure to be tuned for optimum selectivity.
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