Synthesis, spectroscopy, crystal structure, electrochemistry, and quantum chemical and molecular dynamics calculations of a 3-anilino difluoroboron dipyrromethene dye
(2009) Journal of Physical Chemistry A — Vol. 113, n° 2, p. 439-447 (2009)
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- An asymmetrically substituted fluorescent difluoroboron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) dye, with a phenylamino group at the 3-position of the BODIPY chromophore, has been synthesized by nucleophilic substitution of 3,5-dichloro-8-(4-tolyl)-4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene. The solvent-dependent spectroscopic and photophysical properties have been investigated by means of UV-vis spectrophotometry and steady-state and time-resolved fluorometry and reflect the large effect of the anilino substituent on the fluorescence characteristics. The compound has a low fluorescence quantum yield in all but the apolar solvents cyclohexane, toluene, and chloroform. Its emission maxima in a series of solvents from cyclohexane to methanol are redshifted by approximately 50 nm in comparison to classic BODIPY derivatives. Its oxidation potential in dichloromethane is at ca. 1.14 V versus Ag/AgCl. The absorption bandwidths and Stokes shifts are much larger than those of typical, symmetric difluoroboron dipyrromethene dyes. The values of the fluorescence rate constant are in the (1.4-1.7) × 108 s -1 range and do not vary much between the solvents studied. X-ray diffraction analysis shows mat the BODIPY core is planar. Molecular dynamics simulations show that there is no clear indication for aggregates in solution. © 2009 American Chemical Society.
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KU LEUVEN Department of Chemistry
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Qin, W., Leen, V., Rohand, T., Dehaen, W., Dedecker, P., Van Der Auweraer, M., Robeyns, K., Van Meervelt, L., Beljonne, D., Van Averbeke, B., Clifford, J. N., Driesen, K., Binnemans, K., & Boens, N. (2009). Synthesis, spectroscopy, crystal structure, electrochemistry, and quantum chemical and molecular dynamics calculations of a 3-anilino difluoroboron dipyrromethene dye. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 113(2), 439-447. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp8077584 (Original work published 2009)