Fluorescent properties of coumarins with dual functions constructed by two sequential reactions

A series of coumarins with two aryl moieties was constructed from 3-azide-6-bromocoumarin scaffold by means of two sequential reactions, Huisgen 1,3-cycloaddition and Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions. Evaluation of their fluorescence properties indicated that the mode of fluorescent change by substituted group on each aryl group would be different. So this structure could be promising candidates as multi-analyte type fluorescent sensors, whose mode of spectroscopic changes, such as fluorescence intensity, and absorption or fluorescence maximum wavelength, are different for each analyte.