Keita Hamasaki, Akihiko Ueno and Fujio Toda
J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1993, 331-333
DOI:
10.1039/C39930000331,
Paper
A p-dimethylaminobenzoyl moiety attached to α-cyclodextrin exhibits dual emissions from normal planar and twisted intramolecular charge transfer excited states and may be used as a fluorescent sensor for detecting aliphatic compounds such as n-pentanol and n-hexanol.