“…[6] Although, boron complexes with N,N-chelating ligands (e. g. BODIPYs) are well investigated and widely used as fluorescent dyes, their less investigated N,O-analogues are becoming increasingly important because of their stronger emission in solid state. [18][19][20][21][22][23] Compared to widely used N,O-ligands, such as 8-hydroxyquinolines, pyridylphenolates have a less conjugated system which results in blue emission (hypsochromic effect). [24] Indeed, only few blue emitters of four-coordinate boron with pyridylphenolate ligands have been reported in the literature [25,26] and additional investigations are needed.…”