1 Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada.
2 Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada and Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA. [email protected].
This mini-review summarizes the synthesis strategies for the preparation and post-functionalization of aza-BODIPYs, BOPHYs, "half-Pcs", biliazines, MB-DIPYs, semihemiporphyrazines, BOIMPYs, BOPPYs, BOPYPYs, BOAHYs, and BOAPYs.