Chimie organique

General Route to Symmetric and Asymmetric meso-CF(3)-3(5)-Aryl(hetaryl)- and 3,5-Diaryl(dihetaryl)-BODIPY Dyes.

Published on - Organic Letters

Authors: Lubov N Sobenina, Alexander M Vasil'Tsov, Olga V Petrova, Konstantin B Petrushenko, Igor A Ushakov, Gilles Clavier, Rachel Meallet-Renault, Albina I Mikhaleva, Boris A Trofimov

A general efficient route to hitherto inaccessible symmetric and asymmetric meso-CF(3)-BODIPY dyes has been developed. The key stages include the reduction of available 2-trifluoroacetylpyrroles to the corresponding alcohols which are further condensed with pyrroles. The method allows the BODIPY with 3(5)aryl(hetaryl) and 3,5-diaryl(hetaryl) substituents to be readily assembled. The BODIPY dyes synthesized fluoresce (Φ(f) = 0.56-1.00) in the 560-680 nm region.