BODIPY-pyrene and perylene dyads as heavy atom-free singlet oxygen sensitizers

Mikhail A. Filatov, Safakath Karuthedath, Pavel M. Polestshuk, Susan Callaghan, Keith J. Flanagan, Thomas Wiesner, Frédéric Laquai, Mathias O. Senge

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Abstract

Dyads combining BODIPY as an electron acceptor and pyrene or perylene as electron donor subunits were prepared and studied their photophysical properties studied by steady-state and transient spectroscopy. Depending on the structure of the subunits and polarity of the media, the dyads show either bright fluorescence or photo-induced electron transfer (PeT) in solution. Charge-transfer (CT) states formed as a result of PeT and were found to yield triplet excited states of the BODIPY. In the presence of molecular oxygen, the dyads sensitize singlet oxygen (1O2) with quantum yields of up to 0.75.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)606-615
Number of pages10
JournalChemPhotoChem
Volume2
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 23 2018

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