Inorganica Chimica Acta. Vol. 561. 2024. 121867 p..
A series of new indolyl- and pyrrolyl-substituted 2,2′-bipyridines were reported as push–pull fluorophores/probes by using a sequence of the nucleophilic substitution reaction of hydrogen (S<jats:sub>N</jats:sub>H) and inverse-demand Diels–Alder reaction.