Annulative Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling for the Synthesis of Highly Fluorescent Near-Infrared PAH[b]-Fused BODIPYs.
A one-pot annulative Suzuki-Miyaura strategy was developed for the synthesis of highly fluorescent, near-infrared (NIR)-emissive polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-fused BODIPYs. Tetrahalogenated BODIPYs reacted with 1,2-bis(pinacolato)boryl arene or alkene via a fourfold cross-coupling/annulation cascade under Pd(P...