Substitution at boron in BODIPYs
Rosinah Liandrah Gapare, Alison Thompson
Abstract
-indacenes (BODIPYs) with varying substituents at the meso, pyrrolic and/or boron sites, with each influencing photophysical properties and utility. This Feature article gives an overview of chemistry at the boron atom in BODIPYs, highlighting our contributions that evolved from synthetic curiosities and now offer this dipyrrolic skeleton potential across a wider range of applications. We first summarise preparative routes to BODIPYs through complexation of boron with the dipyrrinato ligand. The role of boron in protecting dipyrrins is then discussed, followed by strategies by which to achieve facile substitution at the boron atom.
Topics & Concepts
BoronSubstitution (logic)ChemistryAtom (system on chip)Combinatorial chemistryLigand (biochemistry)PhotochemistryNanotechnologyOrganic chemistryMaterials scienceComputer scienceBiochemistryProgramming languageReceptorEmbedded systemLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics