Organic letters

Synthesis of a new fluorescent probe specific for catechols

DE Stack, AL Hill, CB Diffendaffer, NM Burns

Index: Stack, Douglas E.; Hill, Anastacia L.; Diffendaffer, Clark B.; Burns, Nicole M. Organic Letters, 2002 , vol. 4, # 25 p. 4487 - 4490

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Abstract

The synthesis of a new fluorescent probe, specific for the catechol moiety, has been conducted by preparation of α, α-dibromomalonamides containing an appropriate fluorophore. N, N'-Bis-anthracen-9-ylmethyl-2, 2-dibromomalonamide reacted with various catechols in the presence of cesium carbonate to generate highly fluorescent derivatives.