Rare-earth-free, environmentally benign liquid luminogen are scarce. Herein, we report for the first time a deep eutectic solvent as a blue-emitting liquid luminogen with a quantum yield of ∼23%. DFT calculations deciphered the origin of blue emission. Its potential as a liquid scintillator was further demonstrated with γ-emitting radioactive sources.
A pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC)-mediated facile oxidative dimerization of 3-arylbenzofuran-2-ones at ambient temperature was developed which undergo oxidative cleavage to 3-aryl-3-hydroxy-benzofuran-2-ones with PCC at elevated temperatures. Finally, direct oxidation of 3-arylbenzofuran-2-ones to 3-aryl-3-hydroxy-benzofuran-2-ones was realized using a combination of PCC (10 mol %) and 2.0 equiv of HIO. The synthesized 3-aryl-3-hydroxy-benzofuranones were further converted to corresponding 3-amido-3-aryl-benzofuranones in high yields by Ritter reaction. Thus, the present protocol provides a nonconventional approach to C-3 hydroxylation of 3-arylbenzofuranones via their dimer using a catalytic amount of inexpensive chromium(VI) oxidant.
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