Issue 19, 2025

Insight into the enhanced performance of the 1-phenylethyl segment in an aza-BODIPY system

Abstract

Non-aryl substituted aza-BODIPYs exhibit extraordinary optical properties. 1-Phenylethyl-substituted aza-BODIPY PE-BDP was herein successfully prepared. Based on X-ray crystallographic analysis, 1-phenylethyl segments at 1,7-sites in PE-BDP as a stable mesomer were observed for the first time, and the plane of the phenyl group in the 1-phenylethyl segment is orthogonal to the core of PE-BDP. This orthogonal structure enhanced the spin–orbit charge transfer intersystem crossing (SOCT-ISC), and PE-BDP could induce type-I ROS generation. By the cyclic voltammetry test of PE-BDP, the reduction–oxidation processes remained electrochemically reversible. Under alkaline conditions, the new dianion species generated from PE-BDP can be monitored by spectroscopic redshift, and theoretical calculations also supported this result. Self-assembled PE-BDP nanoparticles under irradiation exhibited a good tumor-inhibition capability by inhibiting proliferation and migration, and promoting the apoptosis of glioma cells by type-I ROS and photothermal effects.

Graphical abstract: Insight into the enhanced performance of the 1-phenylethyl segment in an aza-BODIPY system

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Jan 2025
Accepted
07 Apr 2025
First published
08 Apr 2025

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2025,13, 5568-5576

Insight into the enhanced performance of the 1-phenylethyl segment in an aza-BODIPY system

Y. Xiao, X. Gao, Y. Xue, X. Jiang, G. Qin and X. Sun, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2025, 13, 5568 DOI: 10.1039/D5TB00195A

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