One-pot efficient synthesis of dimeric, trimeric, and tetrameric BODIPY dyes for panchromatic absorption

Shilei Zhu; Jingtuo Zhang; Giri K Vegesna; Ravindra Pandey; Fen-Tair Luo; Sarah A Green; Haiying Liu

doi:10.1039/c0cc05303a

One-pot efficient synthesis of dimeric, trimeric, and tetrameric BODIPY dyes for panchromatic absorption

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Mar 28;47(12):3508-10. doi: 10.1039/c0cc05303a. Epub 2011 Feb 14.

Authors

Shilei Zhu¹, Jingtuo Zhang, Giri K Vegesna, Ravindra Pandey, Fen-Tair Luo, Sarah A Green, Haiying Liu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931, USA.

PMID: 21321703
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc05303a

Abstract

One-pot Knoevenagel self-condensation reaction of β-formyl BODIPY dye bearing a formyl group at 2-position offered dimeric, trimeric and tetrameric BODIPY dyes containing a formyl capping end group, exhibiting panchromatic absorption.