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Synthesis and Characterization of Alkoxy-Chalcone Derivatives as Active
Material for Metal Sensor
Elccey Binti Augustine
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof Dr Wan Mohd Khairul Bin Wan Mohamed Zin
Bachelor of Science (Chemical Chemistry)
School of Fundamental Science
Heavy-metal pollution can be defined as an environment pollution that cause by metal
with high relative atomic mass like lead, and also mercury. Chalcone are 1,3-diphenyl-
2-propene-one, in which the aromatic rings are linked by a three carbon α-βunsaturated
carbonyl system. Chalcone derivatives was said to have a good ability in
sensing metal ion. In this study alkoxy-chalcone derivatives;3-(4-methylbenzene)-1-
(4-heptyloxy benzene)-2-propen-1-one and 3-(4-ethyl benzene)-1-(4-heptyloxy
benzene)-2-propen-1-one was synthesized using Claisen-Schmidt Aldol condensation
and characterized using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer (FTIR),
Perkin-Elmer thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA), nuclear magnetic resonance
spectroscopy (NMR) and also CHNS analysis. The fluorescent studied of metal ion
towards these compounds was characterize using UV-Vis Visible.
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