Abstract Polyazacrown ethers containing one, two, and four appended naphthyl or anthracenyl units have been synthesized. The absorption spectra and photophysical properties of the novel compounds have been investigated in CH 2 Cl 2 solution. Acid titration of the amine nitrogens of the polyazacrown ethers causes strong changes in the absorption and fluorescence spectra. In the unprotonated compounds of the naphthalene ...
[Cram, Donald J.; Ho, Siew Peng; Knobler, Carolyn B.; Maverick, Emily; Trueblood, Kenneth N. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1986 , vol. 108, # 11 p. 2989 - 2998]