Journal of the American Chemical Society
Journal of the American Chemical Society
4 years ago

Generation of Triplet Excited States via Photoinduced Electron Transfer in meso-anthra-BODIPY: Fluorogenic Response toward Singlet Oxygen in Solution and in Vitro

Generation of Triplet Excited States via Photoinduced Electron Transfer in meso-anthra-BODIPY: Fluorogenic Response toward Singlet Oxygen in Solution and in Vitro
Mikhail A. Filatov, Safakath Karuthedath, Cindy Sy, Pavel M. Polestshuk, Keith J. Flanagan, Huguette Savoie, Frédéric Laquai, Mathias O. Senge, Elisabeth Sitte, Ross W. Boyle, Maxime Telitchko
Heavy atom-free BODIPY-anthracene dyads (BADs) generate locally excited triplet states by way of photoinduced electron transfer (PeT), followed by recombination of the resulting charge-separated states (CSS). Subsequent quenching of the triplet states by molecular oxygen produces singlet oxygen (1O2), which reacts with the anthracene moiety yielding highly fluorescent species. The steric demand of the alkyl substituents in the BODIPY subunit defines the site of 1O2 addition. Novel bis- and tetraepoxides and bicyclic acetal products, arising from rearrangements of anthracene endoperoxides were isolated and characterized. 1O2 generation by BADs in living cells enables visualization of the dyads distribution, promising new imaging applications.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b00551

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b00551

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