title: Facile synthesis of highly fluorescent Boranil complexes.
abstract: Complexation of a large variety of Anils (aniline-imines) with boron(III) precursors provides stable Boranils, some of which have been structurally characterized. Analysis of their optical properties reveals that the fluorescence stems from an intraligand charge transfer (ILCT) state with the best quantum yields reaching 90%. Chemistry on the Boranils allows grafting of photoactive modules acting as energy antennae for borondipyrromethene (Bodipy) and subphtalocyanine (SubPc) fluorophores.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Spectroscopies Avancées (LCOSA), UMR7515 au CNRS, Ecole de Chimie, Polymères, Matériaux de Strasbourg (ECPM), 25 rue Becquerel, 67087 Strasbourg, Cedex 02, France.
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Frath
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Azizi
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ulrich
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Retailleau
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ziessel
mesh_terms: D001896:Boron Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D001896:Boron Compounds; D002614:Chelating Agents; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes