“…[8,18,[32][33][34], trinitrobenzensulfonic acid [14], thymol blue [20,21,35,36], cresol red [20], phenolphthalein [19], aniline blue [37], rhodamine 19 [38], Victoria blue [39] etc. as well as reported in the literature such as fluorescent Schiff bases [40], porpholactones [41] or a benzo [de]anthracen-7-one derivative [23] , that are known to be useful for the spectroscopic determination of high pHs, the majority of them are absorptive dyes rather than fluorescent dyes and only a few meet the requirements of being stable for a long period of time in highly alkaline media, possessing a pK a in the range between 11-12.5, having reasonable fluorescence quantum yield and good photostability, being fully compatible with LED light sources and bearing one or more functional chemical groups suitable for covalent immobilization of the indicator. It was therefore decided to synthesize the sensitive dye needed for the application considered rather than to use an "off-the-shelf" indicator.…”