The Rise of Boron-Containing Compounds: Advancements in Synthesis, Medicinal Chemistry, and Emerging Pharmacology

RJ Grams, WL Santos, IR Scorei, A Abad-García… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Boron-containing compounds (BCC) have emerged as important pharmacophores. To date,
five BCC drugs (including boronic acids and boroles) have been approved by the FDA for …

[HTML][HTML] BODIPYs in antitumoral and antimicrobial photodynamic therapy: An integrating review

ML Agazzi, MB Ballatore, AM Durantini… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nowadays, both cancer and infections caused by antibiotic resistant microorganisms are
problems that affect the entire planet. Phototherapy (namely photodynamic therapy (PDT) …

BODIPY derivatives for photodynamic therapy: influence of configuration versus heavy atom effect

J Zou, Z Yin, K Ding, Q Tang, J Li, W Si… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Heavy atom effect and configuration are important for BODIPY derivatives to generate
singlet oxygen (1O2) for photodynamic therapy. Herein, a series of BODIPY derivatives with …

BODIPYs to the rescue: Potential applications in photodynamic inactivation

AM Durantini, DA Heredia, JE Durantini… - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Difluoro-4-bora-3a, 4a-diaza-s-indacene (BODIPY) derivatives have been proposed in
several potential biomedical applications. BODIPYs absorb strongly in blue-green region …

Penetration depth tunable BODIPY derivatives for pH triggered enhanced photothermal/photodynamic synergistic therapy

J Zou, P Wang, Y Wang, G Liu, Y Zhang, Q Zhang… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Improving the deep-tissue phototherapy (PDT) efficiency in the near-infrared (NIR) region
has become one of the major challenges in clinics for cancer treatment. Developing …

Photosensitizer synergistic effects: D–A–D structured organic molecule with enhanced fluorescence and singlet oxygen quantum yield for photodynamic therapy

J Zou, Z Yin, P Wang, D Chen, J Shao, Q Zhang… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of photosensitizers with high fluorescence intensity and singlet oxygen
(1O2) quantum yields (QYs) is of great importance for cancer diagnosis and photodynamic …

Synthesis, spectroscopic properties and photodynamic activity of two cationic BODIPY derivatives with application in the photoinactivation of microorganisms

ML Agazzi, MB Ballatore, E Reynoso… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Two cationic BODIPYs 3 and 4 were synthesized by acid-catalyzed condensation of the
corresponding pyrrole and benzaldehyde, followed by complexation with boron and …

Design, synthesis, and utility of defined molecular scaffolds

D Sato, Z Wu, H Fujita, JS Lindsey - Organics, 2021 - mdpi.com
A growing theme in chemistry is the joining of multiple organic molecular building blocks to
create functional molecules. Diverse derivatizable structures—here termed “scaffolds” …

Metal coordination effects on the photophysics of dipyrrinato photosensitizers

PCP Teeuwen, Z Melissari, MO Senge, RM Williams - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Within this work, we review the metal coordination effect on the photophysics of metal
dipyrrinato complexes. Dipyrrinato complexes are promising candidates in the search for …

Photodynamic inactivation of microorganisms sensitized by cationic BODIPY derivatives potentiated by potassium iodide

E Reynoso, ED Quiroga, ML Agazzi… - Photochemical & …, 2017 - Springer
The photodynamic inactivation mediated by 1, 3, 5, 7-tetramethyl-8-[4-(N, N, N-
trimethylamino) phenyl]-4, 4-difluoro-4-bora-3a, 4a-diaza-s-indacene 3 and 8-[4-(3-(N, N, N …