Isoluminol derivatives are important for their use in various assays that utilize the chemiluminescent property of isoluminol. During the synthesis of novel isoluminol derivatives, it was found that the N-methylphthalimide substituted pre-cursing molecules were highly fluorescent when dissolved in aprotic solvents. The quantum yields of the fluorescent molecules were measured to determine if there was a correlation between the fluorescence quantum yield and relative light given off during the chemiluminescene of the corresponding isoluminol derivaties. Also, a derivative was synthesized which was polymerizable via ROMP polymerization. This derivative was co-polymerized with other norbornene-based molecules to make polymers with varying properties. The lengths and physical characteristics of these polymers were determined using 1H-NMR and GPC.

Synthesis and characterization of novel isoluminol derivatives

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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