Synthesis and characterization of triazole based supramolecule for interaction with cefuroxime in tap water and blood plasma

Abstract In this study a new calix[4]arene triazole 5 was successfully synthesized using click reaction and characterized through UV–visible, FT-IR, 1 H NMR spectroscopes and Mass Spectrometry. The supramolecular interaction of compound 5 towards commonly used drugs has been carried out using UV–Visible spectroscopy. The supramolecule 5 showed characteristic enhancement in the absorbance intensity after mixing with Cefuroxime at pH (2–12). Compound 5 displayed considerably good interactions with cefuroxime in the presence of other drugs. Compound 5 exhibits linear relationship with cefuroxime concentration in the range of (10–80 µM) with regression value of 0.9954. The standard deviation for 50 µM Cefuroxime was found to be 0.01 and the limit of detection for cefuroxime was calculated to be 2 µM. Job’s plot experiments showed 1:1 ( 5: cefuroxime) binding stoichiometry between compound 5 and cefuroxime. Supramolecule 5 displayed fairly good spectrophotometric recognition of Cefuroxime in human blood plasma and tap water thus showing that the ingredients of tap water and plasma sample was inert in the recognition of cefuroxime.