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Synfacts 2008(7): 0708-0708  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1077808
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Sulfur-Containing Switchable Fluorophore

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Jose M. Lobez
S. Kitani, K. Sugawara, K. Tsutsumi, T. Morimoto, K. Kakiuchi*
Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
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Publikationsdatum:
20. Juni 2008 (online)

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Significance

A new family of fluorophores is presented. A difference is observed in the fluorescence properties and degradability upon irradiation with UV light. Whereas the sulfide (A) is stable under irradiation (>280 nm), the sulfone (B) releases EtOH when irradiated with the same source.