Tetrahedron letters

Anthracene-9-methanol—a novel fluorescent phototrigger for biomolecular caging

AK Singh, PK Khade

Index: Singh, Anil K.; Khade, Prashant K. Tetrahedron Letters, 2005 , vol. 46, # 33 p. 5563 - 5566

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Abstract

Photoexcitation of a solution of anthracene-9-methanol derived esters at∼ 386nm in CH3CN/H2O (3: 2 v/v) results in fluorescence emission in the 380–480nm range, with quantum yields of fluorescence (Φf) in the 0.01–0.09 range and releases of the carboxylic acids in good chemical yields (43–100%), with quantum yields of photoreaction (ΦPR, ie, the photodisappearance of the esters) in the 0.067–0.426 range.