Unusual fluorescein prototropism within aqueous acidic 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate solution.
Fluorescence emission of the cationic form of fluorescein is observed from dilute aqueous acidic solutions in the presence of ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate which is otherwise observed only from aqueous solutions of very high acidity.
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India.
Maroof
M
Ali
Vinod
V
Kumar
Siddharth
S
Pandey