EFFECTIVE pH SENSORS BASED ON 1-(ANTHRACEN-9-YLMETHYL)-1<i>H</i>-BENZIMIDAZOL-2-AMINE
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https://doi.org/10.1007/1368Keywords:
azomethines, benzimidazol-2-amines, fluorescent chemosensors, quantum-chemical calculationsAbstract
1-(Anthracen-9-ylmethyl)-1H-benzimidazol-2-amine was synthesized by alkylation of benzimidazol-2 amine with 9-chloromethylanthracene, and a series of azomethines based on it was obtained. Spectral investigations of the 9-anthrylmethylbenzimidazole derivatives revealed their high chemosensor activity with respect to hydrogen cations. Quantum-chemical investigation of the structures obtained showed that they possess high proton affinity and can be regarded as analogs of "proton sponges".
Authors: I. E. Tolpygin, Yu. V. Revinskii, A. G. Starikov, A. D. Dubonosov, V. A. Bren, and V. I. Minkin.
English translation in Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds, 2011, 47 (10), pp 1230-1236