Nano‐sized cadmium‐benzothiazole Schiff base complexes: Synthesis, characterization, and the impact of surfactants for cadmium determination

Abstract

In this paper, three benzothiazole‐Schiff bases, 2‐([benzothiazol‐2‐ylimino]methyl)phenol (L1), 2‐([benzothiazol‐2‐ylimino]methyl)‐4‐chlorophenol (L2), and 2‐([benzothiazol‐2‐ylimino]methyl)‐4‐bromophenol (L3), were environmentally friendly prepared using a microwave assisted synthesis. These synthesized ligands were used to chelate Cd (II) to produce three nano‐sized solid complexes, which were characterized using TEM, FT‐IR, and XRD. Then three developed spectrophotometric approaches for ultra‐trace quantification of divalent cadmium have been investigated and the sensitivity of these developed methods was enhanced using micellar medium. The influence of the type and amount of buffer, pH, type of surfactant, and amount of ligand during quantification of cadmium ion were monitored and determined. The calibration curve was valid over the concentration ranges of 1.0–9.0, 1.1–12.0, and 1.5–14.9 μg mL−1 of Cd (II) with detection limits of 0.407, 0.313, and 0.453 μg mL−1 using L1, L2, and L3, respectively. The described approaches had been effectively applied for Cd (II) ion quantification in some water samples.