[a] 1Introduction Salicylate (sal À )i st he main metabolite coming from the hydrolysis of acetylsalicylate and its derivatives,w hich are extensively employed as an analgesic, inflammatory,a ntimicrobial agents,a nd also as ah eart attack protective in severalp harmaceuticalf ormulations [1][2][3].T he diagnosis of poisoning usually involves the determination of sal À in plasma. In general, the sal À level ranges from 30-100 mg/l after usual therapeutic doses, 50-300 mg/l with high doses and 700-1400 mg/l following acuteo verdose.I na ddition, salicylic acid is used as an antiseptic and ap reservative for foods and also applied in synthesis of dyes.T herefore, the determination of sal À and its derivatives in pharmaceuticals and biological samples is vital.S everal methods were reported for analysis of sal À including high performance liquid chromatography [4],f luorometry [5],U V spectrophotometry [6,7],f low injection atomic absorption spectrometry [8],p otentiometric [9-13] and voltammetry [14].M ost of them are tediousa nd time-consuming. In addition, Tr inderr eaction[ 15],a st he most widely used methodf or determination of sal À ,a lways lacks adequate selectivity due to the shortcomings of this reaction.In fact, direct potentiometric methodsb ased on ion-selective electrodes (ISEs) are of simpler design, lower cost, faster time,h igher selectivity,a nd employed for direct measurement of ionic species in the pharmaceutical and biological samples.T he design and synthesis of selective anion receptors that recognize anionic molecules is ag reat challenge for scientists. Theh ydration energy is high for big anions and this makes the receptors hard to sense these ions [16][17][18][19][20][21].Benzimidazole derivatives are also of wide interest because of their diverse biological activityand clinical applications as antihelmintic [22] Abstract:T hree novel poly vinyl chloride( PVC) (A), carbon paste (CP) (B), and coated glassy carbon-MWCNT (CGC) (C)s alicylate (sal, o-nitrophenyloctyl ether as amediator and tridodecylmethylammonium chloride as ac ationic additive were successfully usedf or determination of sal À in human plasma and pharmaceutical formulations.T he sal À -sensors exhibited enhanced sensitivity with slopeo fÀ63.5, À60.5 and À58.9 mV/decade and detection limit of 1.0 10 À5 , 4.0 10 À7 ,a nd 1.0 10 À6 mol L À1 for A-C sensors respectively.Q uantum chemicalc alculations were carried out by HF and DFT/B3LYP methodst oe xplore and investigate the interaction between the receptor and the different anions.T he intermolecular H-bondc reated between the uncoordinated C=Oofsalicylate group and the secondary amino groupi nt he complexi st he key factor of the selectivity of the proposed sensor. Al inear relation is established between the natural charge on the Co center and the value of the binding energy, where the decrease in positive charge is associated by an increase in the anionbinding energy.