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A new FRET-based, photoswitchable fluorescent dyad derived from a spiropyran-polythiophene conjugate was developed and applied to the detection of cyanide anion.

[figure: see text] Fused 1,4-dimethoxybenzenes could be oxidized to benzoquinones by either direct oxidation or demethylation-oxidation. The oxidative demethylation of 5,8-dimethoxy-2-methylquinoline using 1.1 equiv of NBS in aqueous THF and a catalytic amount of H2SO4 at 20 degrees C for 5 min gave 2-methylquinoline-5,8-dione in 98% yield without bromination. Moreover, we can control either bromination or oxidative demethylation, or both reactions.