Abstract Synthesis of 2-hydroxy (methoxy)-4, 4′-biphenyldicarboxylic acids was developed. Based on their reactions with o-aminophenols we prepared for the first time 4, 4′-bis [5- alkyl (aryl) benzoxazol-2-yl]-2-hydroxy-(alkoxy) biphenyls, which might be of interest as luminescent dyes. Hydroxy compounds in a salt form possess abnormally high Stokes shift.
[Burrows, Andrew D.; Frost, Christopher G.; Mahon, Mary F.; Richardson, Christopher Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2008 , vol. 47, # 44 p. 8482 - 8486]