Dependence of the properties of the dual luminescence of 3-hydroxyflavone on the excitation wavelength

The luminescence and luminescence excitation spectra of 3-hydroxyflavone in acetonitrile obtained at different excitation/recording wavelengths are studied. The dependences of the position of the normal luminescence band maximum and of the intensity ratio of the normal and proton-transfer bands, on the excitation wavelength are found and studied for the first time. It is found that the spectral contour of dual luminescence also depends on the excitation wavelength and the blue emission band is cut off at a sufficiently long-wavelength excitation in the region of 390 nm. In the luminescence excitation spectrum, an additional wide band is observed in the proton-transfer region at 200–260 nm. Excitation in the region of 380–440 nm allowed us to reveal a wide structureless band near 470 nm (with the maximum of its excitation near 420 nm) belonging to the anionic form of 3-hydroxyflavone. Addition of water at a concentration of ∼2.2 M quenches this band almost completely.