The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2018-04-19

Synthesis and Unique Optical Properties of Selenophenyl BODIPYs and Their Linear Oligomers

Daisuke Taguchi, Takashi Nakamura, Hiroaki Horiuchi, Makoto Saikawa, Tatsuya Nabeshima

Index: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b00782

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Abstract

A series of selenophene-substituted boron-dipyrrin (BODIPY) monomers and selenophene-linked BODIPY oligomers was synthesized. The synthesized BODIPYs show good absorption/emission properties in the red to near-infrared region. Furthermore, some of the selenophenyl BODIPYs are not only useful fluorophores but also good photosensitizers to produce singlet oxygen.