Oxidative C-H/C-H Coupling of Dipyrromethanes with Azines by TiO2-Based Photocatalytic System. Synthesis of New BODIPY Dyes and Their Photophysical and Electrochemical Properties

Molecules. 2021 Sep 13;26(18):5549. doi: 10.3390/molecules26185549.

Abstract

Oxidative C-H/C-H coupling reactions of dipyrromethanes with azines in the presence of a heterophase oxidative photocatalytic system (O2/TiO2/visible light irradiation) were carried out. As a result of cyclization of obtained compounds with boron trifluoride etherate, new hetaryl-containing derivatives of 4,4-difluoro-4-boron-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene were synthesized. For the obtained compounds, absorption and luminescence spectra, quantum yields of luminescence as well as cyclic volt-amperograms were measured.

Keywords: BODIPY; C-H/C-H couplings; ONSH; TiO2; azine; dipyrromethane; photocatalysis.