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Synfacts 2010(6): 0659-0659
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1219991
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1219991
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
© Georg Thieme Verlag
Stuttgart ˙ New York
De-Boronation of BODIPY
S. M. Crawford, A. Thompson*
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Further Information
Publication History
Publication Date:
20 May 2010 (online)
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Significance
Dipyrrins 2 are difficult compounds to chemically manipulate. In contrast, the BF2-protected BODIPY analogues 1 are chemically robust and easily purified. The authors propose a strategy whereby 2 can be synthesized through modification of 1 and then finally unveiled through the above reaction.