Synthesis, photophysical and photochemical features of a Morita-Baylis-Hillman adduct derivative bearing a triphenylamine moiety

A new Morita-Baylis-Hillman Adduct (MBHA) derivative 7 was designed and synthesized to obtain a reactive molecule potentially capable of labelling basic amino acid residues. Compound 7 was easily prepared and characterized from the point of view of its photophysical and photochemical features before then to be used in labelling experiments with amino acid.