Synlett 2014; 25(10): 1466-1472
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1341278
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

A Versatile Synthesis of Long-Wavelength-Excitable BODIPY Dyes from Readily Modifiable Cyclopenta[2,1-b:3,4-b′]dithiophenes

Authors

  • Alexandra Sutter

    Institut de Chimie et Procédés pour l’Energie, l’Environnement et la Santé (ICPEES), Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire et Spectroscopies Avancées (ICPEES-LCOSA), UMR 7515 au CNRS, Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux, 25 rue Becquerel, 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 02, France   Fax: +33(3)68852761   Email: ziessel@unistra.fr
  • Raymond Ziessel*

    Institut de Chimie et Procédés pour l’Energie, l’Environnement et la Santé (ICPEES), Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire et Spectroscopies Avancées (ICPEES-LCOSA), UMR 7515 au CNRS, Ecole Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux, 25 rue Becquerel, 67087 Strasbourg Cedex 02, France   Fax: +33(3)68852761   Email: ziessel@unistra.fr
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Publication History

Received: 04 February 2014

Accepted after revision: 04 April 2014

Publication Date:
20 May 2014 (online)


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Abstract

Knoevenagel condensation of a simple methylated ­borondipyrromethene (Bodipy) with 4,4′-dihexyl-4H-cyclopenta-[2,1-b:3,4-b′]dithiophenes functionalized at one end by a triphenylamine residue and at the other by a carbaldehyde fragment leads to novel dye species. These bisvinylic derivatives exhibit pronounced absorption in the visible range extending above 850 nm. Addition of other Bodipy units by coupling to a central iodophenyl entity enables filling of the gaps in absorption of the pivotal starting material. Efficient cascade energy transfer between the Bodipys is facilitated by spectral overlap between the energy donor and the energy acceptor. All photons between 350 nm and 750 nm are channeled to the distyryl centers which emit at 864 nm.

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