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Eutectic media open a synthetic route to oligocitrazinic acid fluorophores of purple hue

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Schneider,  Helen
Svitlana Filonenko, Kolloidchemie, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Strauß,  Volker
Volker Strauß, Kolloidchemie, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Antonietti,  Markus       
Markus Antonietti, Kolloidchemie, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Filonenko,  Svitlana       
Svitlana Filonenko, Kolloidchemie, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Schneider, H., Strauß, V., Vogl, S., Antonietti, M., & Filonenko, S. (2023). Eutectic media open a synthetic route to oligocitrazinic acid fluorophores of purple hue. ChemPhysChem, 24(17): e202300180. doi:10.1002/cphc.202300180.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000D-69C0-4
Abstract
Under isochoric and solvent-free conditions, the reaction between ammonium formate and citric acid results in a deeply purple reaction product with fluorescent properties. This brings this reaction in the realm of bio-based fluorophores and bottom-up carbon nanodots from citric acid. The reaction conditions are optimized in terms of UV-vis spectroscopic properties and, subsequently, the main reaction product is separated. While the structural analysis does not give any indication for carbon nanodots in a general sense, it points towards the formation of molecular fluorophores that consist of oligomerized citrazinic acid derivatives. Furthermore, EPR spectroscopy reveals the presence of stable free radicals in the product. We hypothesize that such open-shell structures may play a general role in molecular fluorophores from citric acid and are not yet sufficiently explored. Therefore, we believe that analysis of these newly discovered fluorophores may contribute to a better understanding of the properties of fluorophores and CND from citric acid in general.