Electrochemical Visualization of Room Temperature Ionic Liquid for the Detection of Functionalized 1-phenylpyridine Analogue in Mixed Sample

Abstract

Room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) is considered to be one of the stepping stone to fabricate next generation electrochemical sensor due to its unique physico-chemical property. Most importantly, the wide electrochemical window of these compounds makes themselves excellent component as a transducer to fabricate electrochemical sensor. Functionalized analogue of 1-phenyl-pipyridine is an important class of organic compound, widely popular for its use in analgesic agent. Extreme toxicity of these chemical analogue does concern human health and safety. For this regard, a sensor platform is absolutely necessary to distinguish such chemical analogues even when mixed with each other. We have documented a proof of concept where we have examined the ability of a room temperature ionic liquid in an electrochemical sensor platform to detect selective functionalized phenylpiperidine compound when mixed with its close analogue having same functionalization. We believe this study will help to develop next generation electrochemical sensor for important organic molecule using RTIL as primary component.