Push-pull aminobithiophenes--highly fluorescent stable fluorophores

Yanmei Dong; Andréanne Bolduc; Nicholas McGregor; W G Skene

doi:10.1021/ol200353k

Push-pull aminobithiophenes--highly fluorescent stable fluorophores

Org Lett. 2011 Apr 1;13(7):1844-7. doi: 10.1021/ol200353k. Epub 2011 Mar 9.

Authors

Yanmei Dong¹, Andréanne Bolduc, Nicholas McGregor, W G Skene

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de Caractérisation Photophysique des Matériaux Conjugués, Département de Chimie, Université de Montréal, CP 6128, Centre-ville Montreal, QC, Canada.

PMID: 21388117
DOI: 10.1021/ol200353k

Abstract

Stable 2-aminobithiophenes were prepared using the Gewald reaction. The resulting push-pull bithiophenes exhibited both unprecedented high fluorescence yields and stability in addition to demonstrating fluorescence on-off properties.