The invention relates to a
copper ion detection agent, and particularly relates to a preparation method of a Cu(2+) color indicator based on
rhodamine B-2-
formaldehyde thiophene derivative. The method comprises the step of firstly, carrying out
condensation reaction on
rhodamine B and
hydrazine monohydrate to obtain hydrazine
rhodamine B, wherein the hydrazine
rhodamine B reacts with 2-thiophenecarboxaldehyde to obtain the
rhodamine B-2-
formaldehyde thiophene derivative; and water-
ethanol mixed solution based on the
rhodamine B-2-
formaldehyde thiophene derivative can be used as the Cu(2+) color indicator. The preparation method can be used for rapidly analyzing an efficient color indicator with special Cu (2+) content in a
water sample, is strong in anti-jamming capability on the other
metal ions (Zn(2+), Cr(3+), Fe(3+), Cd(2+), Mn(2+), Hg(2+), Fe(2+), Pb(2+), Ba(2+) and Ag(+)), and is the efficient Cu(2+) color indicator; the applicable
pH range is from faintly acid to neutral property; the
response time of the Cu2(+) color indicator on the Cu2(+) is 3 minutes; and the lowest
detection limit is 1.7*10(-7)mol / L. The preparation method has the advantages of being simple in synthetic process, low in cost, simple and convenient to operate, good in selectivity, high in sensitivity, high in response speed, low in
detection limit, wide in application prospect and the like, can be used for real-time and rapid measurement of complicated samples, and also can be used for semi-quantitative detection of environmental sample tiny / trace Cu(2+) from different sources.