Our synthetic approach was based on previously reported schemes for polydentate ligands prepared in high yield by chloride substitution of 2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-triazine (cyanuric chloride) [6]. Thesynthesis of 1(Scheme 1) proceeded at 0˚C by the reaction of cyanuric chloride with diaminostilbene for two hours. After filtration andwashing of the intermediate product, tritylaniline and DIPEA were added and refluxed overnight. The product was isolated in 81% yield. Figure 2shows the UV-Vis spectrum (Figure 2(a)), solution, and solid state fluorescence spectra of 1(Fig- ures 2(c)and (d)). Fluorescence spectroscopy and visual observation of blue fluorescence when the solid was exposed to a hand-held UV light demonstrated that the sol-id had strong fluorescent properties (Figure 2(b)). The maxof absorbance of 1was 359 nm. This wavelength allows 1to fluoresce under sunlight conditions because the sun emits electromagnetic radiation across most of the electromagnetic spectrum (Figure 3). Furthermore, many incandescent light bulbs emit radiation starting at 300 nm (Figure 3), meaning that 1 can be excited to flu-oresce by regular incandescent light bulbs and in sunlight. As seen in Figure 2(b), the fluorescence under UV-light conditions (364 nm) of 1increases dramatically as the oncentration of 1increases from 0.02% to 2%