“…Since Schiff bases are known by their strong coordinative ability as a family of ligands, with the formation in most cases of 1 : 1 transition metal complexes, 23 they have been used to develop various chemosensors. [24][25][26] Chemosensors can be classied into three categories according to the nature of the signal emitted by the signaling subunit: (i) colorimetric sensors related to change in electronic properties in the form of intra/intermolecular charge transfer (ICT), [27][28][29] (ii) uorogenic sensors related to photoinduced electron transfer (PET), 27,30 excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT), 31 uorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), 32,33 bond energy transfer (TBET), 34 excimer-exciplex formation, 35 etc., and (iii) electrochemical sensors related to measurement of changes in redox potential or electrical responses. Because of the great worth and commercial applications of the Schiff bases, the intention of this study is to design an ion-selective cationic electrochemical sensor based on a newly synthesized, non-reported Schiff base as tetradentate ligand in order to probe heavy metal ions in an aqueous system by electrochemical approach.…”