Issue 8, 2014

Photoactivatable turn-on fluorescence based on the photo-cleavage of the C–Br bond in 1,2-bis(5-(bromoethyl)benzoxazol-2-yl)ethane

Abstract

This paper describes photoactivatable turn-on fluorescence based on the photo-cleavage of the C–Br bond in 1,2-bis(5-(bromoethyl)benzoxazol-2-yl)ethane (1) in both solution and in a polymeric thin film. It was found that 1 exhibited very weak fluorescence in both solution and in a PMMA thin film, upon irradiation with 365 nm light, a strong fluorescence was detected. The strong fluorescence attributed to the photo-product resulted from the photo-induced cleavage of the C–Br bond in 1. Moreover, it was also found that the photo-cleavage of the C–Br bond in 1 can be performed using a two-photon induced process, and upon irradiation on a 1-PMMA thin film with a 780 nm femtosecond laser, finely resolved fluorescence images are obtained.

Graphical abstract: Photoactivatable turn-on fluorescence based on the photo-cleavage of the C–Br bond in 1,2-bis(5-(bromoethyl)benzoxazol-2-yl)ethane

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Mar 2014
Accepted
03 May 2014
First published
06 May 2014

New J. Chem., 2014,38, 3468-3472

Photoactivatable turn-on fluorescence based on the photo-cleavage of the C–Br bond in 1,2-bis(5-(bromoethyl)benzoxazol-2-yl)ethane

Y. Hao, X. Dong and Y. Chen, New J. Chem., 2014, 38, 3468 DOI: 10.1039/C4NJ00365A

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