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We have synthesized novel fluorophores by using Sonogashira reactions of 1,
4-bis(dibromovinyl)benzene and 2,5-bis(dibromovinyl)thiophene with various
aromatic bromides. The emission maxima of these fluorophores vary from the
indigo blue to the reddish-orange region, depending on the structures of ar
omatic nuclei and peripheral moieties.