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Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Fluorescent 2-Aryl-1,3-dialkylbenzimidazolium Ions and a 1-Alkyl-2-arylbenzimidazole with Excited State Intramolecular Proton-Transfer
Kauffman, Joel M.,Khalaj, Ali,Litak, Peter T.,Novinski, John A.,Bajwa, Gurdip S.
, p. 957 - 966 (2007/10/02)
To improve the solubility, photostability and fluorescence quantum yield (Φ) of 2-arylbenzimidazolium ions the N-1 hydrogen was replaced by an alkyl group before N-3 was quaternized; this substitution did not reduce Φ, proving the absence of steric inhibi
