Thiazolothiazole Fluorophores Exhibiting Strong Fluorescence and Viologen-Like Reversible Electrochromism
By Woodward, Alexis N.; Kolesar, Justin M.; Hall, Sara R.; Saleh, Nemah-Allah; Jones, Daniel S.; Walter, Michael G.
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
2017
Abstract
The synthesis, electrochemical, and photophysical characterization of N,N?-dialkylated and N,N?-dibenzylated dipyridinium thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole derivatives are reported. The thiazolothiazole viologens exhibit strong blue fluorescence with high quantum yields between 0.8