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Whereas the OSWV of receptor 3, bearing two m-phenylene units in the bridges, display one oxidation peak, receptor 4 incorporating two thiophene rings in the bridges, exhibits two well-separated oxidation peaks. In both receptors only the addition of Zn2+, Pb2+, and Hg2+ metal cations induced a remarkable anodic shift of ferrocene\/ferrocenium redox couple. Likewise, in the absorption spectra of these receptors the low energy band is red-shifted by \u0394\u03bb = 165 \u2212 209 nm, and these changes promoted a significant color changes which could be used for the naked eye detection of these metal cations. 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