Author(s)

Macduff Okuom, Mark Wilson, Jordan Groathouse, Junsik Lee, Dave Symonsbergen, Casey Gustafson, Mitch Trauernicht, Homar Barcena, Cassie Reicks, Sharmin Sikich, Raychelle Burks, Andrea Holmes

Chemistry Department, Doane College, Crete, USA.
Novel Chemical Solutions, Crete, USA.

The synthesis and characterization of a novel fluorophore(1), with potential application as an optical brightener are reported. This compound was prepared by reacting 4,4-diaminostilbene-2,2-disulfonic acid with cyanuric chloride in the presence of Na₂CO₃ followed by the addition of trityl aniline. Solution and solid state fluorescence demonstrated a strong blue/purple emission centered at 450 nm. ¹H-NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry analysis, elemental analysis, and DOSY-NMR were used for the characterization of the fluorophore.

Optical Brightener; Fluorophore; Diaminostilbene; Cyanuric Chloride; Optical Brightness

Okuom, M. , Wilson, M. , Groathouse, J. , Lee, J. , Symonsbergen, D. , Gustafson, C. , Trauernicht, M. , Barcena, H. , Reicks, C. , Sikich, S. , Burks, R. and Holmes, A. (2013) Synthesis of a Fluorophore with Improved Optical Brightness. International Journal of Organic Chemistry, 3, 256-261. doi: 10.4236/ijoc.2013.34037.