Development of Boron Dipyrromethene(BODIPY) Fluorophores

Boron dipyrromethene(BODIPY) fluorophores are used as fluorescent probes in a number of applications,primarily owing to theirs remarkable advantages which are reviewed in this paper briefly.Then,three typical synthetical routes for this series of dyes are described.Moreover,the development history of short wavelength and long wavelength BODIPY structures are introduced in detail.The last,we summarize the research progress of BODIPY at present and prospect the applied tendency of this kind of dyes.