Synthesis, solvatochromism, aggregation-induced emission and cell imaging of tetraphenylethene-containing BODIPY derivatives with large Stokes shifts.

Synthesis, solvatochromism, aggregation-induced emission and cell imaging of tetraphenylethene-containing BODIPY derivatives with large Stokes shifts.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2012-09-08)

Rongrong Hu, C F Azael Gómez-Durán, Jacky W Y Lam, José L Belmonte-Vázquez, Chunmei Deng, Sijie Chen, Ruquan Ye, Eduardo Peña-Cabrera, Yongchun Zhong, Kam Sing Wong, Ben Zhong Tang

PMID22957342

摘要

A series of tetraphenylethene-containing BODIPYs with emissions from visible to near-IR and large Stokes shifts up to 142 nm have been designed and synthesized. They show solvatochromic fluorescence and can be utilized as fluorescent visualizers for intracellular imaging.