One-pot synthesis of benzimidazoles from diamines and carboxylic acids was developed under microwave irradiation condition, which provided a practical and efficient method for high-throughput synthesis of this important class of heterocyclic compounds. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Recognition‐Induced Enhanced Emission of Core‐Fluorescent ESIPT‐type Macrocycles
作者:Paulina Jurek、Hanna Jędrzejewska、Michał F. Rode、Agnieszka Szumna
DOI:10.1002/chem.202203116
日期:2023.1.9
AbstractCore‐fluorescent cavitands based on 2‐(2′‐resorcinol)benzimidazole fluorophores (RBIs) merged with the resorcin[4]arene skeleton were designed and synthesized. The cavitands, due to the presence of intramolecular hydrogen bonds and increased acidity, show excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) and readily undergo deprotonation to form dianionic cavitands, capable of strong binding to organic cations. The changes in fluorescence are induced by deprotonation and binding events and involve huge Stokes shifts (due to emission from anionic double keto tautomers) and cation‐selective enhancement of emission originating from the restriction of intramolecular motion (RIR) upon recognition in the cavity. Ab initio calculations indicate that the macrocyclic scaffold stabilizes the ground state tautomeric forms of the fluorophores that are not observed for non‐macrocyclic analogs. In the excited state, the emitting forms for both macrocyclic scaffolds and non‐macrocyclic analogs are anionic double keto tautomers, which are the result of excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) or excited state double proton transfer (ESDPT).
Synthesis and fluorescent properties of 2-(1<i>H</i>-benzimidazol-2-yl)-phenol derivatives
and the ultraviolet absorption and fluorescent spectra of the eleven compounds synthesized were measured in methanol. The fluorescent characteristics of the 2-(2-hydroxyaryl)benzimidazole derivatives prepared were investigated on the basis of excited-state intramolecular proton transfer mechanism, Stokes' shift, quantum yield, and the relationship between fluorescent intensity and the substituents were