"Synthesis of Two Bodipy-Based Molecules and Investigation of Their Usability as Spectrophotometric and Electrochemical Sensors in the Determination of Cu(II) Ion"
The third most abundant transition metal ion in the human body after iron (III) and zinc (II) ions is copper (II) ions. Copper ions are taken into the body through drinking water, air breathing, foods, copper materials or skin contact with copper-containing substances. It has been reported that deficiency or excess of copper ion has side effects in terms of both environmental and biological systems. What we have shown and reported in our studies is to obtain a new BODIPY derivative by derivatizing it from a different position of the BODIPY body, which has an imidazole structure, which is a selective and sensitive probe for the Cu(II) ion, and which shows fluorescence and has superior properties compared to other dyestuffs, and this new BODIPY derivative is derived from Cu. In addition to its spectrophotometric sensor feature in the selective and sensitive determination of (II) ion, separately modified pencil graphite electrodes were prepared together with another BODPIY derivative, which has a selective and sensitive spectrophotometric sensor feature for Cu(II) ions reported by our group. and their usability as sensitive electrochemical sensors will be investigated. In the research part of the electrochemical sensor feature, our department faculty member Assoc. Dr. Our teacher Tuğba SARDOHAN KÖSEOĞLU is a researcher, and our department's graduate student Pakize GÜL is working as a scholar in the project.