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Published on: June 8, 2020
Silver-mediated, direct phosphorylation of BODIPY dyes at the 3- or 3,5-positions with H-phosphonates
Fan Lv1,2, Heng Li1, Qinghua Wu3
1Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education; School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China. jiao421@ahnu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
A direct and regioselective C-H/P-H cross-coupling of dialkyl phosphites, and diphenylphosphine oxide to easily available BODIPYs through an Ag-mediated radical addition, resulted in a series of new α-phosphorylated BODIPY fluorophores under mild conditions. Hydrolysis of the phosphonate gave the corresponding BODIPY phosphoric acid, which is soluble and fluorescent in water with a high quantum yield of 0.83.
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