BODIPY 1h. BODIPY 2h (50 mg, 0.2 mmol) was used for
the reaction to afford BODIPY 1h in 34% isolated yield
(21 mg). H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 10.49 (s, 1H), 7.60 (s,
1H), 7.31 (s, 1H), 7.16 (s, 1H), 7.00 (s, 2H), 6.90 (d, J = 3.0 Hz,
1H), 6.47 (s, 1H), 6.38 (s, 1H), 2.84 (t, J = 6.0 Hz, 2H),
1.78–1.85 (m, 2H), 1.04 (t, J = 7.0 Hz, 3H); 13C NMR
(75 MHz, CDCl3) δ 151.1, 142.1, 137.8, 136.2, 133.5, 129.9,
125.9, 123.6, 121.8, 120.4, 118.0, 115.5, 111.4, 32.5, 26.6, 14.5.
HRMS calcd. for C16H17BF2N3 [M + H]+: 300.1484, found
300.1487.
Acknowledgements
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This work is supported by the National Nature Science Foun-
dation of China (Grants 20802002, 20902004 and 21072005),
Anhui Province (Grants 090416221 and KJ2009A130) and Min-
istry of Education of China (Grant 20093424120001).
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