Abstract

A fluorescent dye comprising four BODIPY derivatives conjugated to a cyclotetrasiloxane core was synthesized by consecutive hydrosilylation and esterification reactions. Photophysical properties of the dye in various organic solvents were investigated. It was shown that due to a fourfold extinction coefficient increase and a moderate quantum yield decrease the brightness of the tetra-BODIPY dye in low-polarity solvents, calculated per molecule, increased 3 times when compared to mono-BODIPY. By contrast, in polar solvents there was a dramatic drop in brightness apparently associated with intramolecular interactions of the low-polar BODIPY chromophores.

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