Synthesis, solvatochromism, aggregation-induced emission and cell imaging of tetraphenylethene-containing BODIPY derivatives with large Stokes shifts

Rongrong Hu; C. F. Azael Gómez-Durán; Jacky W. Y. Lam; José L. Belmonte-Vázquez; Chunmei Deng; Sijie Chen; Ruquan Ye; Eduardo Peña-Cabrera; Yongchun Zhong; Kam Sing Wong; Ben Zhong Tang

doi:10.1039/C2CC35188A

Synthesis, solvatochromism, aggregation-induced emission and cell imaging of tetraphenylethene-containing BODIPY derivatives with large Stokes shifts†

Rongrong Hu,^a C. F. Azael Gómez-Durán,^c Jacky W. Y. Lam,^a José L. Belmonte-Vázquez,^c Chunmei Deng,^a Sijie Chen,^a Ruquan Ye,^a Eduardo Peña-Cabrera,*^c Yongchun Zhong,^b Kam Sing Wong^b and Ben Zhong Tang*^a

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^a Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, Kowloon, China
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^b Department of Physics, HKUST, Hong Kong, Kowloon, China

^c Departamento de Química, Universidad de Guanajuato, Col. Noria Alta S/N, Gto. 36050, Guanajuato, Mexico

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A series of tetraphenylethene-containing BODIPYs with emissions from visible to near-IR and large Stokes shifts up to 142 nm have been designed and synthesized. They show solvatochromic fluorescence and can be utilized as fluorescent visualizers for intracellular imaging.

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Synthesis, solvatochromism, aggregation-induced emission and cell imaging of tetraphenylethene-containing BODIPY derivatives with large Stokes shifts†

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