BODIPY‐Fused Porphyrins as Soluble and Stable Near‐IR Dyes

Abstract

Beneficial fusion! Boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) has been successfully fused to a porphyrin core by an intramolecular, oxidative, cyclodehydrogenation reaction. The newly synthesized dyes 1 and 2 have good solubility and exhibit intensified near-IR absorption and remarkable photostability. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.