Issue 4, 2007

The chemistry of Bodipy: A new El Dorado for fluorescence tools

Abstract

In the steadily expanding field of fluorescent dyes, labels and electroluminescent materials difluoroboron-dipyrromethenes play a prominent role. The review highlights recent advances made with these boron-stabilized cyanine dyes. The chemistry at the boron atom and increase of delocalization on the organic core allows one to address the problems of Stokes’ shifts, colours and emission wavelengths spanning from green to the NIR. The outcome is a diversity of molecules prepared by different strategies and exhibiting interesting and tunable spectroscopic, electrochemical and chemical properties. This perspective article describes the scope and spectroscopic attributes of this new class of fluorescent dyes amenable to applications in various disciplines.

Graphical abstract: The chemistry of Bodipy: A new El Dorado for fluorescence tools

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
08 Dec 2006
Accepted
31 Jan 2007
First published
28 Feb 2007

New J. Chem., 2007,31, 496-501

The chemistry of Bodipy: A new El Dorado for fluorescence tools

R. Ziessel, G. Ulrich and A. Harriman, New J. Chem., 2007, 31, 496 DOI: 10.1039/B617972J

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