Oligothienyl-BODIPYs: Red and Near-Infrared Emitters

Arnaud Poirel, Antoinette De Nicola,* and Raymond Ziessel* 
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ol302710z 

This report describes newly-functionalized BODIPY fluorophores.  The emission of the reported compounds extends into the NIR region.