Title: Unusual Blue-Shifted Acid-Responsive Photoluminescence Behavior in 6-Amino-8-cyanobenzo[1,2-b]indolizines.
Authors: Outlaw, Victor K; Zhou, Jiawang; Bragg, Arthur E; Townsend, Craig A
Published In RSC Adv, (2016 Jul 08)
Abstract: 6-Amino-8-cyanobenzo[1, 2-b]indolizines, a new class of photoluminescent materials, exhibit reversible pH-dependent optical properties characterized by an uncommon and dramatic blue shift in fluorescence emission when protonated. Acid titration and NMR spectroscopy experiments reveal that, rather than the anticipated N-protonation, C-protonation and loss of aromaticity is responsible for the observed photophysical changes. Efficient synthesis from indole-2-carboxaldehydes makes variously substituted versions of this nucleus readily available to tune optical and pH effects.
PubMed ID:
28580137
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