Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry, University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, Ohio, 45469, United States
Abstract
This review describes recent advances in the coordination chemistry of transition metal ions with a variety of 2,2′-dipyrromethene bidentate ligands. A brief history of BODIPY (4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene) dyes and the role of the BF2 moiety is presented. Substituting transition metal cations for BF2 adds complexity expressed by partially filled d-orbitals, multiple coordination numbers and geometries, and numerous accessible oxidation states. The spectroscopic, magnetic, and electrochemical properties of a variety of transition metal dipyrrins and their applications as catalysts, light harvesting, and phototherapeutic complexes are described.
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd