Fluorophore-capped cyclodextrins as efficient chemical-to-light energy converters

De-Qi Yuan; Naoya Kishikawa; Cheng Yang; Kazutaka Koga; Naotaka Kuroda; Kahee Fujita

doi:10.1039/b211881e

Fluorophore-capped cyclodextrins as efficient chemical-to-light energy converters

Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 Feb 7:(3):416-7. doi: 10.1039/b211881e.

Authors

De-Qi Yuan¹, Naoya Kishikawa, Cheng Yang, Kazutaka Koga, Naotaka Kuroda, Kahee Fujita

Affiliation

¹ Department of Molecular Medicinal Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Bunkyo-machi 1-14, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan. deqiyuan@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp

PMID: 12613640
DOI: 10.1039/b211881e

Abstract

Bisbenzimidazole-capped cyclodextrins, capable of forming supramolecules, harvest chemical energy from the oxidation reaction of a bis(aryl)oxalate and emit light two orders of magnitude more efficiently than fluorescein does.

MeSH terms

Benzimidazoles / chemistry
Cyclodextrins / chemical synthesis*
Cyclodextrins / chemistry
Fluorescent Dyes / chemical synthesis*
Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry
Luminescent Measurements

Substances

Benzimidazoles
Cyclodextrins
Fluorescent Dyes
benzimidazole