Mt. Alonso et al., SYNTHESIS AND COMPLEXATION PROPERTIES OF 3-AROYLCOUMARIN CROWN-ETHERS- A NEW CLASS OF PHOTOACTIVE MACROCYCLES, Tetrahedron letters, 34(46), 1993, pp. 7465-7468
Synthesis of fluoroionophores consisting of 3-benzoylcoumarins fused w
ith crown ethers m two different modes am described. The resulting mac
rocycles bore emission properties strongly dependent on metal ions and
coumarin substitution and may be therefore used as cation dependent f
luorescence signaling systems or triplet sensitizers for lanthanide lu
minescence.