BODIPY-based photouncaging – green light triggered dual cargo molecule release

Xuemei Chen, Krishnaben V. Sabhaya, Bryan Liu, Gabrielle Bonifacio, Yongqing Yang, Hao Chen and Yuanwei Zhang

Chem. Commun., 2026, 62, 6128
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Ring-fused BODlPY derived heavy-atom-free triplet photosensitizers

Jun Wang, Wanwan Li, Lijuan Jiao and Erhong Hao

Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 4465
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Synthesis, structure, and spectral and electrochemical properties of new visible to NIR absorbing 3-pyrrolyl BODIPY derivatives

Kanhu Charan Behera, Pinky Chauhan, Shubham Tiwari and Mangalampalli Ravikanth

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2025, 23, 935
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Sulfur-bridged annulated BODIPYs: synthesis, structure and photophysical properties

Yongli Zhang, Xiong Fu, Jie Li, Kaiwen Guo, Hanyu Wen, Tingting Guo, Xiangguang Li, Yanhua Yang and Shulin Gao

New J. Chem., 2025, 49, 11326
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Synthesis of pyridyl functionalized 3-pyrrolyl BODIPY based fluoroprobes and application towards highly selective detection of picric acid

Debendra Tewary, Kanhu Charan Behera, David R. Turner and Mangalampalli Ravikanth

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26, 22479
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Shining light on photo-responsive molecular tools: advances in visible-to-NIR activatable photolabile protecting groups

Pin-Han Lin, Megan R. Clotworthy, Joseph J. M. Dawson and Cassandra L. Fleming

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2025, 23, 9735
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Photoskunks: molecules for light-induced thiol generation

Andrey V. Stepanov, Alexandra A. Shatrova, Daria V. Berdnikova and Andrey G. Lvov

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2025, 23, 5908
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Copper-catalyzed oxidative C–H silylation of BODIPY dyes at the 2- or 2,6-positions with silanes

Shuangshuang Zhu, Yunjie Li, Hongdi Yuan, Kangle Liu, Qingbao Gong and Fan Lv

Org. Chem. Front., 2026, 13, 524
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Far-red/NIR BODIPY probes in focus: tailored strategies for organelle-specific imaging and biomedical applications

Charutha Kalarikkal and Chinna Ayya Swamy P

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2025, 13, 12831
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Phototoxicity of hydroxymethyl-BODIPYs: are photocages that innocent?

Kirill M. Kuznetsov, Pierre Mesdom, Kallol Purkait, Olivier Blacque, Arthur H. Winter, Kevin Cariou and Gilles Gasser

Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 14553
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Chemically engineered exogenous organic reactions in living cells for in situ fluorescence imaging and biomedical applications

Gang Song, Zhiwen Yang, Yiming Huang, Haotian Bai, Fengting Lv and Shu Wang

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12, 11852
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Bisbenzothieno[b]-fused BODIPYs in panchromatic photoinitiation for free radical and cationic photopolymerization and application in 3D printing

Yangyang Xu, Wenlong Tang, Hui Deng, Jianjun Zhang, Zhongquan Zhu, Changjiang Yu, Haiguang Zhu, Ke Sun, Jiazhu Li and Jacques Lalevée

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15, 4875
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A cascade strategy for vinyl chloride-substituted BODIPYs with tunable photophysical properties

Fan Lv, Xing Guo, Shuangshuang Zhu, Sen Huang, Li Li, Shaozhen Wang, Lijuan Jiao and Erhong Hao

Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 4975
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Introducing of an Unexplored Aza-BODIPY Diradicaloids with 4-(2,6-Ditert-butyl)phenoxyl Radicals Located in 1,7-Positions of the Aza-BODIPY Core

Morris Oyelowo, Jacob W. Schaffner, Towhidi Illius Jeaydi, David A. Blank, Christopher J. Ziegler and Victor N. Nemykin

Inorg. Chem., 2024, 63, 24008
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Design of Stable Diradicals Based on Group 13 Dyes of N2O2-Bis(phenolate) Aza-Dipyrromethene and Aza-BODIPY

Morris Oyelowo, Towhidi Illius Jeaydi, Christopher J. Ziegler and Victor N. Nemykin

Inorg. Chem., 2025, 64, 17946
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Photocleavage and Photophysical Properties of Amine Releasing BODIPY Derivatives

Elsa Korhonen, Tatu Kumpulainen, Malgorzata Pamula, Arto Valkonen, Erich See, Mika Pettersson and Maija Nissinen

Chemistry A European J, 2025, 31
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Recent advances in photopharmacology: Harnessing visible light‐activated azobenzene photoswitches

Yongliang Feng, Kun Zhang, Xingrui Gao, Weiwei Yang, Junya Wan, Hong‐Ru Fu, Hui Guo and Ziyong Li

Responsive Materials, 2025, 3
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Multifunctional boron-dipyrromethene platforms for disease diagnosis and therapy: Advances in bioimaging, and phototherapeutics

Zhen Yang, Yanchao Liu, Zhigang Xie and Min Zheng

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews, 2026, 66, 100739
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Carborane-based BODIPY dyes: synthesis, structural analysis, photophysics and applications

Javier Ordóñez-Hernández, José Giner Planas and Rosario Núñez

Front. Chem., 2024, 12
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Photocleavable Systems for Cell Biology: Conceptual Design across Molecular Modalities

Masahiko Yoshimura and Tomoko Inose

ChemBioChem, 2025, 26
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Advances in small organic molecule fluorescent probes for formaldehyde detection and imaging in pathophysiological processes: A comprehensive review

Tong-Tong Jia, Guohui Kang, Lirong Jiang, Zhaozhou Li, Rui Zhao, Jian-Hua Qin, Huawei Niu and Lu-Fang Ma

TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2025, 191, 118338
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The Quinoline Photoremovable Group (PPG) Platform—A Medicinal Chemist's Approach for Photocage Development and Applications

Bence Kontra, Zoltán Mucsi, Janez Ilaš and Petra Dunkel

Medicinal Research Reviews, 2025, 45, 1423
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A Review on the Synthetic Methods for the BODIPY Core

Ruihan Yang, Hao Guan, Jiayan Jin, Tianran Zheng, Limin He, Yongli Zhang, Luyan Tian, Jianfei Wang and Xiangguang Li

Compounds, 2025, 5, 42
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Photoinduced Alcohol and Ketone Generation from Alkoxyaroylsilanes: Mechanistic Insights into Competing Radical Pathways

Yang Cheng, Shu-Lin Zhang, Jessika Lammert, Le Yu, Yinjiao Zhao, Armido Studer, Jiani Ma and Yu Fang

JACS Au, 2025, 5, 6334
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The Development of meso-Methyl-BODIPY Conjugates with Boc-seco-CBI and Cabozantinib: The Practical Challenges of Red-Light-Activated Prodrugs for Anticancer PDT

Natalia S. Kuzmina, Galina P. Gribova, Elizaveta M. Pnachina, Lubov V. Krylova, Ekaterina A. Fedotova, Irina V. Balalaeva, Alexey Yu. Fedorov and Vasilii F. Otvagin

Bioconjugate Chem., 2025, 36, 2061
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Anionic Boron-Cluster BODIPY Conjugates As Promising Photosensitizers for Targeted Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy

Javier Ordóñez-Hernández, Andromeda-Celeste Gómez, Jordi Hernando, Marina Quevedo, Juan Camilo Ortíz, Daniel Yero, Isidre Gibert and Rosario Núñez

ACS Omega, 2025, 10, 44693
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Carborane-BODIPY dyes as promising photosensitizers for light-mediated antimicrobial strategies

Javier Ordóñez-Hernández, Asier de la Maza-Ureta, Marc Martínez-Miguel, Jordi Hernando, Elies Molins and Rosario Núñez

Dyes and Pigments, 2026, 246, 113362
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Asymmetric and Symmetric S-zig-zag-Fused BODIPYs: Synthesis and Photophysical and Oxidative Properties

Ruihan Yang, Lu Li, Shulin Gao, Zhehui Weng, WeiLi Li, Zhaohui Wang, Xiangguang Li, Yanhua Yang and Wei Jiang

J. Org. Chem., 2025, 90, 6044
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Recent Advances of Boron‐Containing Chiral Luminescent Materials†

Jiaqi Di, Shuran Han and Pangkuan Chen

Chin. J. Chem., 2025, 43, 219
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Evaluation of Red Light‐Activatable BODIPY‐Caged Ceritinib Compounds

Kirill M. Kuznetsov, Kallol Purkait, Pierre Mesdom, Philippe Arnoux, Céline Frochot, Kevin Cariou and Gilles Gasser

Helvetica Chimica Acta, 2025, 108
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Modular One-Pot Access to Boron-Carboxylated Dipyrromethene Dyes as Visible-Light and Two-Photon Activatable Photocages

Heng Li, Qian Li, Luying Guo, Xing Guo, Qi Zhang, Zhaoyun Wang, Qinghua Wu, Shaozhen Wang, Lijuan Jiao and Erhong Hao

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 31900
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Structure of Organoboron Dyes and Multiphoton Absorption: Insights from Theory

Karan Ahmadzadeh, Natasza Trzęsowska, Rafał Wysokiński, Zilvinas Rinkevicius, Robert Zaleśny, Wei Hu, Borys Ośmiałowski and Hans Ågren

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2025, 16, 9693
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Optical control of H1 receptor signaling with a BODIPY-photocaged antihistamine

Ivana Josimovic, Yang Zheng, Zhiyong Wang, Tiffany van der Meer, Maikel Wijtmans, Henry F. Vischer and Rob Leurs

Biochemical Pharmacology, 2026, 246, 117705
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Photoactivation of Aryl Tetrazoles: Governing Nitrile Imine Fate Through Reactivity‐Based Applications

Liu Yang, Huilin Yang, Yi‐Xiang Li, Ranran Li and Peng An

The Chemical Record, 2026
DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202500344