Issue 39, 2008
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Chemical Communications

A reassessment of the association between azulene and [60]fullerene. Possible pitfalls in the determination of binding constants through fluorescence spectroscopy†

Lorenzo Stella,*a   Agostina L. Capodilupoa  and  Massimo Bietti*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università “Tor Vergata”, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, Roma, Italy
E-mail: stella@stc.uniroma2.it, bietti@uniroma2.it
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Abstract

We show here that the recently reported surprisingly large association constant (K = 7.6 × 104 M−1) between azulene and [60]fullerene is due to experimental artifacts, pointing out potential errors in the characterization of association equilibria by fluorescence spectroscopy, and suggesting the best experimental practices.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B808357F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 May 2008
Accepted
17 Jul 2008
First published
01 Sep 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 4744-4746

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A reassessment of the association between azulene and [60]fullerene. Possible pitfalls in the determination of binding constants through fluorescence spectroscopy

L. Stella, A. L. Capodilupo and M. Bietti, Chem. Commun., 2008, 4744 DOI: 10.1039/B808357F

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