Conformationally Restricted Aza‐Dipyrromethene Boron Difluorides (Aza‐BODIPYs) with High Fluorescent Quantum Yields. Issue 3 (21st January 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jiao, Lijuan; Wu, Yayang; Ding, Yin; Wang, Sufan; Zhang, Ping; Yu, Changjiang; Wei, Yun; Mu, Xiaolong; Hao, Erhong
• Is Part Of: Chemistry, an Asian journal. Volume 9:Issue 3(2014:Mar.)
• Page Start: 805
• Page End: 810
• Publication Date: 2014-01-21
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540.5
• DOI: 10.1002/asia.201301362
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1861-4728

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>A simple approach to the highly fluorescent near‐infrared aza‐BODIPY dyes with higher fluorescence quantum yields (up to 0.81 in toluene) in comparison with their known analogues is presented. Our approach is based on the restricted rotations of the 1, 7‐phenyl groups to the mean plane of the aza‐BODIPYs, which is achieved through the installation of bulky substituents on the 1, 7‐phenyl groups of aza‐BODIPYs and results in a reduced nonradiative relaxation process in solution. The large torsion angles between the 1, 7‐phenyl groups and the aza‐BODIPY core (<italic>ϕ</italic>₁ and <italic>ϕ</italic>₂ in these novel conformationally restricted aza‐BODIPYs) were confirmed by X‐ray diffraction studies.</p> </abstract>