title: Clarification of a misconception in the BINOL-based fluorescent sensors: synthesis and study of major-groove BINOL-amino alcohols.
abstract: The major-groove BINOL-amino alcohol (S)-6 shows greatly enhanced fluorescence over the minor-groove one (S)-3. The study of a series of the major-groove BINOL-amino alcohol compounds demonstrates that the commonly accepted acid inhibition of the PET fluorescence quenching of aryl-amine compounds is not involved in the BINOL-amine sensors.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Ling Ling Rd, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Hai-Lin
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Qiao-Ling
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Xue-Long
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pu