Abstract:
<jats:p>Fluorescent 1 : 1, 1 : 2 and 1 : 3 sugar-O-BODIPY conjugates of glucose, xylose and ribose were characterised by <jats:sup>1</jats:sup>H–<jats:sup>11</jats:sup>B HMBC and <jats:sup>11</jats:sup>B NMR to discriminate between boron bound to 1,2-, 1,3- or 1,4-diol sites and furanose/pyranose sugar forms.</jats:p>