“…Since the discovery of the phenomenon in methylsalicylate by Weller in 1956, 15 and the realistic interpretation by Otterstedt 16 and Kasha, 17 many investigations have been reported. A non exhaustive list of studies includes works focussed on salicylic acid, 18 – 22 methyl salicylate, 23 – 28 salicylideneaniline, 29 – 32 hydroxy-acetophenones, 26 , 28 , 33 hydroxy-indanone, 20 – 22 , 26 hydroxy flavones, 17 , 34 – 41 (pyridyl)-pyrroles, -pyrazoles and -indoles, 42 – 49 fluorescent protein chromogens, 50 , 51 hydroxy-benzofluorenone, 52 phenyl-phenol, 53 hydroxyphenyl-oxazole (HO), 28 hydroxyphenyl-benzoxazoles (HBO), 54 – 69 hydroxybenzofuran-benzoxazoles (HBBO), 70 hydroxyphenyl-benzothiazole (HBT) 54 , 61 , 62 , 71 – 80 and hydroxyphenyl-benzimidazoles (HBI). 56 , 60 – 62 , 77 , 81 – 88 The typical HBO and HBI structures, two of the most popular ESIPT cores, are displayed in Fig.…”