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  • Materials Science
  • Supramolecular Chemistry

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  • Boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) dyes are known for their photophysical properties.
  • Molecular stacking and aggregation can negatively impact the performance of organic materials.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a strategy for preventing aggregation in BODIPY molecules.
  • To introduce steric hindrance on both faces of the BODIPY core.
  • To explore the formation of atropisomers in substituted BODIPY systems.

Main Methods:

  • Ortho-substitution on the meso-phenyl ring of BODIPY.
  • Substitution on the boron-bound catechol moiety.
  • Utilizing steric bulk to control molecular orientation and prevent aggregation.

Main Results:

  • Successful appendance of sterically hindered apical pickets on both faces of the BODIPY platform.
  • Prevention of molecular stacking and aggregation.
  • Achieved face discrimination and formation of two interconvertible atropisomers.
  • Demonstrated a picket-fence strategy analogous to porphyrin chemistry.

Conclusions:

  • The developed strategy effectively prevents BODIPY aggregation through steric hindrance.
  • The method allows for face discrimination and the creation of novel atropisomeric BODIPY derivatives.
  • This approach offers new possibilities for designing advanced organic materials with controlled self-assembly properties.