Postfunctionalization of the BODIPY Core: Synthesis and Spectroscopy (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 30/2015)

The cover picture shows a collection of BODIPY fluorophores that can be prepared by using the rich functionalization chemistry of these dyes. By using the various, available synthetic postmodification methodologies all the pyrrole C-ring positions and the meso-position can be readily substituted. This collection of structures is displayed on a flask containing one such dye fluorescing with the typical color of a BODIPY, while in the background the characteristically narrow absorption (full lines) and emission (dashed lines) spectra of several of these compounds are shown. Details are presented in the Microreview by N. Boens, B. Verbelen, and W. Dehaen on 6577 ff.