“…There are a large number of water-soluble BODIPY derivatives containing diverse water-solubilizing groups, including sulfonic acids, 20 zwitterionic ammonium-sulfonic acid substituents, 21 phosphonates, 22 polyethylene glycol (PEG), 23 and sugars. 24 Water-soluble synthetic chlorins and bacteriochlorins, containing phosphonate, 25,26 PEG, 26,27 carboxylates, 26,28 or ammonium salts, 26,29 were also reported. However, we presume, that synthesis of arrays containing water-solubilizing groups on both BODIPY and hydroporphyrins would be prohibitively labor- and cost-intensive, since it will add several synthetic and purification steps to already lengthy synthesis of hydrophobic arrays.…”