1,7-Disubstituted boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) dyes: synthesis and spectroscopic properties

Volker Leen; Dominique Miscoria; Shouchun Yin; Aleksander Filarowski; Joseph Molisho Ngongo; Mark Van der Auweraer; Noël Boens; Wim Dehaen

doi:10.1021/jo201082z

1,7-Disubstituted boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) dyes: synthesis and spectroscopic properties

J Org Chem. 2011 Oct 21;76(20):8168-76. doi: 10.1021/jo201082z. Epub 2011 Sep 26.

Authors

Volker Leen¹, Dominique Miscoria, Shouchun Yin, Aleksander Filarowski, Joseph Molisho Ngongo, Mark Van der Auweraer, Noël Boens, Wim Dehaen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200f-bus 02404, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.

PMID: 21910467
DOI: 10.1021/jo201082z

Abstract

1,7-Dihalogenated boron dipyrromethene dyes were successfully synthesized and substituted, thus providing an entry to the final, elusive reactivity pattern. The spectroscopic properties of 1,7-disubstituted BODIPY dyes were studied and are discussed as a function of their structure.