“…Dioxamides [3,4], 3,6-dioxaoctanedithioamide [5], calix-4-arene derivatives [6 -9], piroxicam [10], 1,10-dibenzyl-1,10-diaza-18-crown-6 [11],dicyclohexano-18-crown-6-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethylenediamine and diaza macrocycle [12], derivatives of crown ethers [13], some fatty acids [14], tetrabenzyl pyrophosphate and diphenylphosphinic anhydride [15], 2,6-bis-pyridinecarboximide derivatives [16], cryptand (222) [17], Schiff base derivatives [18 -20], tetrakis (2-hydroxy-1-naphthyl) porphyrins [21], dithiobenzoic and mercaptobenzoic acids [22] and anthracene-9,10-dione derivatives [23] have been used as electroactive materials in lead(II) selective membrane sensors with cationic response characteristics. Most of these sensors suffer from sever interferences from Zn 2þ [10,17,21], Cd 2þ [6,17,20], Cu 2þ [6,8,19,20,22], Ag þ [8, 10, 11, 13 -15, 21, 23], Na þ [6,8,11,12,14,15,17,19], K þ [6, 8, 10 -15, 17 -19], Hg 2þ [4,8,22,23], Tl þ [13,23], NH 4 þ …”