The synthesis, crystal structure and enhanced blue fluorescence emission of novel antipyrine derivatives
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Synthesis of pH Dependent Pyrazole, Imidazole, and Isoindolone Dipyrrinone Fluorophores using a Claisen-Schmidt Condensation Approach
Published on: June 10, 2021
Yi-Feng Sun1, He-Ping Wang, Yong Chen
1Guangdong Provincial Public Laboratory of Analysis and Testing Technology, China National Analytical Center, Guangzhou 510070, PR China. sunyf50@yahoo.com.cn
Abstract:
Four new antipyrine derivatives were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, (1)H NMR, (13)C NMR spectroscopy, and a representative compound 1b was confirmed based on the X-ray crystallographic analysis. The antipyrine-phenylboronic acid 1b crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2(1)/c, and displays an E configuration about the CN double bond. The absorption and fluorescence spectra of these compounds were investigated. Replacement of a six-membered phenyl group with a five-membered thienyl unit in the antipyrine derivatives resulted in a bathochromic shift approximately 21 nm, while the bithienyl system caused a strong bathochromic effect of 53 nm relative to the substituted phenyl groups. The bithienyl-antipyrine hybrid 1c displayed a turn-on fluorescence response to water, acetic acid (HOAc) and sulfuric acid (H(2)SO(4)) in ethanol solution, but no fluorescence response toward alkali. Whereas the free compound was very weakly fluorescent in ethanol, the addition of water, HOAc and H(2)SO(4) leads to an appearance of strong blue fluorescence and a dramatic increase of emission intensity.
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