Turn-on exciplex fluorescence induced by complexation of nonfluorescent pentafluorinated dibenzoylmethanatoboron difluoride with benzene and its derivatives

Abstract

A new pentafluorinated derivative of (dibenzoylmethanato)boron difluoride (<bold>5F-DBMBF2</bold>) was synthesized and studied as an “off–on” fluorescent probe for benzene derivatives with a reversible detection capability.