H. Tomoda, T. Hirano, S. Saito
Jun 15, 1999
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Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
Abstract
In order to search for novel fluorescent organic compounds, 20 derivatives of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine (1) were synthesized, and their fluorescent properties were studied. Though the parent compound 1 (λfl = 370.5 nm, Φ = 0.57 in ethanol) was in the liquid state at ambient temperature, 2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine (5), 2-(2-naphthyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine (16), 7-methylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine (3), 7-methyl-2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine (12), and 7-methyl-2-(2-naphthyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine (17) were found to give thermally stable solid compounds (mp 55—190 °C) without much affecting the fluorescent properties of the parent compound (λfl = 374—381 nm, Φ = 0.50—0.78 in ethanol). Among the 4′-substituted 2-phenyl derivatives, it was found that the introduction of the strong electron-donating amino and dimethylamino groups (2-(4-aminophenyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine (7) and 2-[4-(dimethylamino)phenyl]imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine (8), respectively) caused marked red shift of their fluorescence (λfl = 445 and 446 nm, r...