BODIPY-BODIPY dyad: assessing the potential as a viscometer for molecular and ionic liquids.

ABSTRACT: A symmetrical BODIPY-BODIPY dyad with a diyne linker was prepared in two steps; the lifetime decay of this rotor appeared to correlate with the viscosity of the media, thus making this dyad a suitable small molecule viscometer for molecular solvents. The potential of using the rotor to probe the viscosity of ionic liquids was also investigated.

SUBMITTER: Kimball JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4381807 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature