Highly Intense Fluorescent Diarylboron Diketonate

Diarylboron diketonates were successfully prepared by the reaction of 1,3-diketone derivatives and arylboron compounds Such as triphenylborane [BPh3] and fluorobis(pentafluorophenyl)borane diethyl etherate [(C6F5)(2)BF center dot OEt2]. The fluorescent emission of their complexes took place depending on the substituent of the arylboron moiety. In particular, a boron 1,3-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,3-diketonate chelated by a strong electron-withdrawing C6F5 group exhibited the most intense fluorescence.