Intense White Molecular Fluorescence from Naphthoxazole-Quinoline Derivatives

Renzo P. Zanocco, Silvana Valdebenito, Yasser Gidi, Gerald Zapata-Torres, Else Lemp, Santi Nonell, Antonio L. Zanocco

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Abstract

Naphthoxazole derivatives are small heterocyclic compounds endowed with outstanding fluorescence properties. In this work, we report a detailed study of the intense white light fluorescence observed in naphthoxazole-quinoline dyads in solvent mixtures including at least a strong hydrogen bonding solvent. The same phenomenon was also studied in inclusion complexes naphthoxazole derivatives—sulfonated-βCD either in aqueous solution as well as in solid phase. A novel mechanism of white molecular fluorescence generation based on solvent-to-fluorophore proton transfer facilitated by ground state hydrogen bonding was characterized. The emission combines both, a blue charge transfer fluorescence emitted by the locally excited singlet state along with a red-shifted emission from a proton transfer complex.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1092-1099
Number of pages8
JournalPhotochemistry and Photobiology
Volume94
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1 2018
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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