“…Water, (Fisher, HPLC grade, submicron filtered, pH 7), lithium iodide (LiI, Aldrich, 99.8%), lithium chloride (Aldrich, >99.0%), sodium hydroxide (Aldrich, pellets, >99%) sodium iodide (NaI, Aldrich, >99.5%), sodium chloride (Aldrich, 99%), potassium iodide (KI, Aldrich, 99%), potassium chloride (Aldrich, >99.0%), cesium iodide (CsI, Aldrich, 99.9%), and cesium chloride (Aldrich, 99%) were used as received. Tetramethylammonium iodide (TMAI, Aldrich, 99%), tetramethylammonium chloride (Alfa, >98%), tetraethylammonium iodide (TEAI, Aldrich, 98%), tetraethylammonium chloride (Alfa, >98%), and PyBu (mp 187.1–188.0 °C (Lit: 187–188 °C); Alfa, 97%) were recrystallized twice from absolute ethanol. 1,3,6,8-Tetrakis(2,6-dimethyl-4-(α-carboxy)methoxyphenyl)pyrene (Py4C) was available from other studies and was >99% pure according to HPLC analyses …”