A Boron Dipyrromethene (BODIPY)-Based CuII-Bipyridine Complex for Highly Selective NO Detection

Abstract

A BODIPY-containing CuII-bipyridine complex for the simple selective fluorogenic detection of NO in air and in live cells is reported. The detection mechanism is based on NO-promoted CuII to CuI reduction, followed by demetallation of the complex, which results in the clearly enhanced emission of the boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) unit.