title: Aminomaleimide fluorophores: a simple functional group with bright, solvent dependent emission.
abstract: Amino-substituted maleimides form a new class of highly emissive compounds, with large Stokes shifts (>100 nm) and high quantum yields (up to ∼60%). Emission is responsive to the maleimide's environment with both a red-shift, and quenching, observed in protic polar solvents. Aminomaleimides are easily functionalised, providing a versatile fluorescent probe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK. r.k.o-reilly@warwick.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Anne B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Mabire
authors.forename: Mathew P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Robin
authors.forename: Wen-Dong
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Quan
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Willcock
authors.forename: Vasilios G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Stavros
authors.forename: Rachel K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
mesh_terms: D004735:Energy Transfer; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D008301:Maleimides / Q000737:chemistry*; D011522:Protons; D011789:Quantum Theory; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D008301:Maleimides; D011522:Protons; D012997:Solvents; C043592:maleimide