Discriminative detection of mercury (II) and hydrazine using a dual‐function fluorescent probe

A dual‐function fluorescent probe (Probe 1 ) was developed for discriminative detection of Hg²⁺ and N₂H₄. Probe 1 could discriminatively detect Hg²⁺ and N₂H₄ through two different reaction sites, with the mechanism for Probe 1 for Hg²⁺ depending on a desulfurization reaction and for N₂H₄ depending on the Schiff‐base reaction. N₂H₄ had minimal effect on Hg²⁺ detection in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)/H₂O solution, but Hg²⁺ could interfere with N₂H₄ detection in DMSO/buffer solution. Different concentrations of Hg²⁺ and N₂H₄ resulted in different blue shades of Probe 1 test strips, and the shade of blue was different with the same concentration of Hg²⁺ or N₂H₄, as observed under ultraviolet light at 365 nm wavelength.