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An efficient fluorescent receptor (E)-N-(2-hydroxy-naphthalen-1-yl)methylenethiophene-2-carbohydrazide (THN) for Al3+ ions was synthesized and characterized by physicochemical and spectroscopic tools along with single crystal X-ray crystallography. This is the first report showing the crystal structure of THN and its sensing property for Al3+ ions. THN selectively and sensitively detects Al3+ ions without any interference among various cations, Na+, K+, Ca2+, Cr3+, Mg2+, Mn2+, Fe3+, Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, Zn2+ and Hg2+ by a strong fluorescent change in ethanol–water medium (EtOH–H2O, 1 : 4 v/v). The THN interacts with Al3+ in a tridentate mode to form a AlCl2(THN)(H2O)·H2O complex. The binding constant was determined to be 7.06 × 106 M−1 and the limit of detection (LOD) was calculated to be 1.35 × 10−9 M which is the second highest reported till date in the literature. The 1H NMR titration, ESI-MS and DFT studies have also been performed in support of the binding details of the THN–Al3+ complex.
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