Synthesis and Spectroscopic Studies of Novel Rhodanine Azo Dyes: An Excellent Selective Chemosensor for Naked-eye Detecting of Cu2+ Ion.

This study is first report on the synthesis of novel rhodanine based azo dyes and their fluorogenic and chromogenic sensing behaviors with metal ions (Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Pb2+, Ni2+, Zn2+, Cu2+) by using UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopy techniques. The results of spectroscopic experiments for rhodanine based azo dye 1a exhibited excellent selectivity for Cu2+ over the other metal ions. Furthermore, anti-bacterial studies of rhodanine azo dyes were performed towards some selected bacteria via microbroth dilution method. Obtained results showed that rhodanine ionophore 1a showed strong antibacterial activity against S.aureus.