“…The synthetic design of BPCI is shown in (Scheme 1) where compounds 'a' and 'b' were prepared using our previously reported procedure. 62,63 Then, 4-hydroxy-[1,1 0 -biphenyl]-3-carbaldehyde (a) was reacted with 2-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl) acetonitrile (b) in the presence of piperidine in ethanol medium, which yielded our desired probe (BPCI). Furthermore, the BPCI probe was thoroughly characterized by elemental analysis, 1 H NMR, 13 C NMR, IR, and HRMS spectroscopic methods, and the data are given in the ESI † (Fig.…”