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Beneficial fusion! Boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) has been successfully fused to a porphyrin core by an intramolecular, oxidative, cyclodehydrogenation reaction. The newly synthesized dyes 1 and 2 have good solubility and exhibit intensified near-IR absorption and remarkable photostability.
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