Solvent and substituent effects on the fluorescent properties ofcoelenteramide analogues

R Saito, T Hirano, H Niwa, M Ohashi

Index: Saito, Ryota; Hirano, Takashi; Niwa, Haruki; Ohashi, Mamoru Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2, 1997 , # 9 p. 1711 - 1716

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Abstract

Coelenteramide 1 is the light emitter in aequorin bioluminescence. To establish the fluorescent character of 1, the fluorescence properties of 1 and a series of its analogues, 3a– f, possessing a substituent R [= CF3, F, H, OCH3, OH, N (CH3) 2] at the para-position on the 5-phenyl group have been investigated in solvents of various polarity. The fluorescence emission maxima of 1 and 3d–f, possessing an electron-donating group R [= OCH3, OH, ...