Highly intense fluorescent diarylboron diketonate

J Org Chem. 2008 Nov 7;73(21):8605-7. doi: 10.1021/jo8017582. Epub 2008 Oct 10.

Abstract

Diarylboron diketonates were successfully prepared by the reaction of 1,3-diketone derivatives and arylboron compounds such as triphenylborane [BPh3] and fluorobis(pentafluorophenyl)borane diethyl etherate [(C6F5)2BF x OEt2]. The fluorescent emission of their complexes took place depending on the substituent of the arylboron moiety. In particular, a boron 1,3-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,3-diketonate chelated by a strong electron-withdrawing C6F5 group exhibited the most intense fluorescence.