Turkish Journal of Chemistry
High fluorescence emissions of some natural benzofurane derivatives isolated from Styrax officinalis
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Abstract
The fluorescent properties of several natural benzofuran derivatives, egonols, isolated from {\it Styrax officinalis}, were determined. The studied egonol derivatives were found to be effective UV organic luminophores, with quantum yields of near to unity, \( \varphi_{f} \) = 0.92. The fluorescence quenching experiments with electron donor molecules of aniline, N,N-dimethylaniline and carbazolocarbazole, presented very high efficiency of quenching at above diffusion quenching rates of 4.5$\times$10\( ^{10} \), 2.1$\times$10\( ^\times \) and 5.6$\times$10\( ^{12} \) s\( ^{-1} \)mol\( ^{-1} \), respectively. A strong electron acceptor molecule, tetranitrofluorenone, presented quenching rate of 2.6$\times$10\( ^{11} \) s\( ^{-1} \)mol\( ^{-1} \). It is concluded that the first excited singlet state of egonol molecule is a more efficient electron acceptor.
Keywords
Fluorescence emission, Styrax officinalis, egonol, benzofuran, fluorescence quantum yields, fluorescence quenching.
First Page
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Recommended Citation
İÇLİ, SIDDIK; ANIL, HÜSEYİN; DİNDAR, BİRCAN; ÇALIŞKAN, ÖZGEN ALANKUŞ; YAYLA, YURDANUR; DOROSHENKO, ANDREY O.; and ALP, SERAP (2000) "High fluorescence emissions of some natural benzofurane derivatives isolated from Styrax officinalis," Turkish Journal of Chemistry: Vol. 24: No. 2, Article 11. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/chem/vol24/iss2/11
