W&M ScholarWorks Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 2013 Synthesis and Fluorescence Studies of pH-Responsive Rhodamine B Derivatives William Lawrence Czaplyski College of William & Mary - Arts & Sciences Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd Part of the Inorganic Chemistry Commons Recommended Citation Czaplyski, William Lawrence, "Synthesis and Fluorescence Studies of pH-Responsive Rhodamine B Derivatives" (2013). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539626948. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-8aff-cq35 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Synthesis and Fluorescence Studies of pH-Responsive Rhodamine B Derivatives William Lawrence Czaplyski Herndon, Virginia Bachelor of Science, The College of William and Mary, 2012 A thesis presented to the Graduate Faculty of the College of William and Mary in Candidacy for the Degree of Master of Science Department of Chemistry The College of William and Mary August, 2013 APPROVAL PAGE This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science William Lawrence Czaplyski Approved by the Committee, July 2013 Committee Chair Professor Elizabeth J. Harbron, Chemistry The College of William and Mary Professor Jonathan Scheerer, Chemistry The C ollege of William and Mary Professor KfTstin WuMbg^, Chemistry The C ollege of William and Mary ABSTRACT We report the synthesis of a series of pH-sensitive fluorescent dyes from rhodamine B andpara -substituted anilines, which were selected to span a wide range of electronic properties, as given by their Hammett constants.