Abstract
To establish a new strategy for the development of fluorescent viscosity sensors by the principle of photoinduced electron transfer, three 4-aminonaphthalimide based D-(CH2)2-A molecules were designed and synthesized. The effects of solvent polarity and viscosity on the fluorescence spectra of these compounds were investigated. These compounds exhibit viscosity-sensitive fluorescence spectra in ethylene glycol-glycerol mixtures. A mechanism about exciplex formation was proposed to explain their viscosity sensitivity.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2575-2578 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 21 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 22 May 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- 4-Aminonaphthalimide
- Exciplex formation
- Fluorescent viscosity sensors
- Photoinduced electron transfer