8-PropargylaminoBODIPY: unprecedented blue-emitting pyrromethene dye. Synthesis, photophysics and laser properties

• DOI: 10.1039/c0cc00397b
• Publication Date: 2010-06-03T08:30:32Z
• Authors: C. F. Azael Gómez...; Inmaculada García...; Angel Costela; Virginia Martin; Roberto Sastre; Jorge Bañuelos; Fernando López Ar...; Iñigo López Arbeloa; Eduardo Peña-Cabrera
• Keywords: Quantum yield; BODIPY; Blue laser; Visible spectrum

Highly emitting 8-propargylaminoBODIPY (8-PAB) 2 was prepared in 94% yield. Unlike any other BODIPY structure hitherto described the literature, displays efficient emission blue region of visible spectrum with a fluorescence quantum yield up to 0.94 and high laser efficiency (35%) at 483 nm.