near-UV region. Some amino and/or chloro substituted bipyridines (bpys) have been
synthesized and studied to show that only 6-amino-substituted derivatives exhibited a strong
emission. The emission of 6-amino-6′-chloro-bpy (3a) was the strongest (λmax= 429.0 nm;
Φ= 0.78 in ethanol) among them. On the other hand, little or no emission was observed for
monochloro-, dichloro-and 4-amino-derivatives.