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SUBMITTER: Nekongo EE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3507456 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nekongo Emmanuel E EE Bagchi Pritha P Fahrni Christoph J CJ Popik Vladimir V VV
Organic & biomolecular chemistry 20121029 46
In aqueous and alcohol solutions, colorless and non-fluorescent derivatives of 9-aryl-9H-xanthen-9-ol equilibrate with brightly colored and fluorescent 9-arylxanthylium cations, thus offering a convenient platform for the design of dual-mode indicators for emission and absorption-based pH measurements. The position of the prototropic equilibrium depends only on the hydronium ion concentration and is not affected by general acids or other ions. Furthermore, the equilibrium equivalence point can b ...[more]