Biological insights into BODIPY and porphyrin‐functionalized fluorescent metal–organic macrocycles

Metal–organic macrocycles (MOCs) designed by the self‐assembly process contribute to an interesting field of research representing various important applications in different branches of chemistry and material sciences. The roles of metal sources as well as the participating ligands are significant as they impart the overall properties to the final self‐assembled products. The use of fluorescent materials, as building blocks/ligands, in the synthesis of MOCs is very advantageous for biomedical, light harvesting, photocatalysis, and several other important applications. This review brings together some of the recent important biological developments achieved with fluorescent MOCs. More precisely, we focused on the biological applications of MOCs designed by the self‐assembly process from BODIPY (boron dipyrromethene) and Porphyrin‐functionalized chromophores.