PMID- 35057379 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220128 IS - 1996-1944 (Print) IS - 1996-1944 (Electronic) IS - 1996-1944 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 2 DP - 2022 Jan 16 TI - New BODIPY Dyes Based on Benzoxazole as Photosensitizers in Radical Polymerization of Acrylate Monomers. LID - 10.3390/ma15020662 [doi] LID - 662 AB - A series of 2-phenacylbenzoxazole difluoroboranes named BODIPY dyes (1-8) was designed and applied as photosensitizers (PS) for radical photopolymerization of acrylate monomer. The light absorption within the ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) range (lambda(max) = 350-410 nm; epsilon(max) = 23,000-42,500 M(-1)cm(-1)), that is strongly influenced by the substituents on the C3 and C4 atoms of phenyl ring, matched the emission of the Omnicure S2000 light within 320-500 nm. The photosensitizer possess fluorescence quantum yield from about 0.005 to 0.99. The 2-phenacylbenzoxazole difluoroboranes, together with borate salt (Bor), iodonium salt (Iod) or pyridinium salt (Pyr) acting as co-initiators, can generate active radicals upon the irradiation with a High Pressure Mercury Lamp which initiates a high-performance UV-Vis light-induced radical polymerization at 320-500 nm. The polymers obtained are characterized by strong photoluminescence. It was found that the type of radical generator (co-initiator) has a significant effect on the kinetic of radical polymerization of acrylate monomer. Moreover, the chemical structure of the BODIPY dyes does not influence the photoinitiating ability of the photoinitiator. The concentration of the photoinitiating system affects the photoinitiating performance. These 2-phenacylbenzoxazole difluoroborane-based photoinitiating systems have promising applications in UV-Vis-light induced polymerization. FAU - Skotnicka, Agnieszka AU - Skotnicka A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7286-2692 AD - Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Seminaryjna 3, 85-326 Bydgoszcz, Poland. FAU - Kabatc, Janina AU - Kabatc J AD - Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Seminaryjna 3, 85-326 Bydgoszcz, Poland. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220116 PL - Switzerland TA - Materials (Basel) JT - Materials (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101555929 PMC - PMC8781298 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 2-penacylbenzoxazole difluoroboranes OT - kinetic OT - photoinitiator OT - polymerization OT - sensitizer COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/01/22 06:00 MHDA- 2022/01/22 06:01 PMCR- 2022/01/16 CRDT- 2022/01/21 01:17 PHST- 2021/11/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/12/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/01/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/01/21 01:17 [entrez] PHST- 2022/01/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/01/22 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/16 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ma15020662 [pii] AID - materials-15-00662 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ma15020662 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Materials (Basel). 2022 Jan 16;15(2):662. doi: 10.3390/ma15020662.