Ylidenemalononitrile Enamines as Fluorescent “Turn-On” Indicators for Primary Amines

AR Longstreet, M Jo, RR Chandler…

Index: Longstreet, Ashley R.; Campbell, Brian S.; Gupton, B. Frank; McQuade, D. Tyler Organic Letters, 2013 , vol. 15, # 20 p. 5298 - 5301

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Abstract

Ylidenemalononitrile enamines undergo rapid amine exchange followed by a cyclization with primary amines to yield fluorescent products with emission intensities as high as 900 times greater than the starting materials. After identifying the fluorescent species by X-ray