title: A case study on the myth of emission from aliphatic amides.
abstract: For several decades, aliphatic amidic compounds have been believed to be emissive. We report that this contention is incorrect and that the anomalous emission from amides originates in fluorescent impurities generated during their synthesis. In order to make this point, we have synthesized fluorescent compounds and have compared the absorption spectra with excitation spectra.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai-400 076, India.
authors.forename: Avinash Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Sreyashi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Anindya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Datta