title: The non-fluorescence of 4-fluorotryptophan.
abstract: The derivative 4-fluorotryptophan was confirmed to have negligible fluorescence at 25 degrees C and 285 nm (tryptophan/4-fluorotryptophan quantum-yield ratio greater than 100:1). However, photolysis experiments on tryptophan and 4-fluorotryptophan, in which loss of starting material was measured by reverse-phase h.p.l.c., demonstrated that 4-fluorotryptophan was significantly more photochemically active than the parent tryptophan, with the 4-fluorotryptophan photolysis quantum yield being 7 times larger than that of tryptophan at 25 degrees C and 285 nm. In addition, at 77 K and 275 nm 4-fluorotryptophan displayed strong fluorescence and phosphorescence, with emission quantum yields comparable with those of tryptophan at 77 K and 275 nm.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta 30332.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hott
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Borkman
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D010782:Photolysis; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
chemical_list: C039390:4-fluorotryptophan; D014364:Tryptophan