2011•Chemical CommunicationsRequires access
Facile functionalization of a fully fluorescent perfluorophenyl BODIPY: photostable thiol and amine conjugates
Guillaume Vives, Carlo Giansante, Robin Bofinger, Guillaume Raffy, André Del Guerzo, Brice Kauffmann, Pınar Batat, Gediminas Jonušauskas, Nathan D. McClenaghan
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Abstract
Selective nucleophilic substitution on a perfluorophenyl unit comprising a BODIPY fluorophore using an alkanethiol or a primary amine offers a quantitative fluorophore labelling strategy, while retaining high photostability and emission quantum yields approaching unity.