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Highly Fluorescent and Water-Soluble Diketopyrrolopyrrole Dyes for Bioconjugation
2015
International audience; The preparation of highly water-soluble and strongly fluorescent diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) dyes using an unusual taurine-like sulfonated linker has been achieved. Exchanging a phenyl for a thienyl substituent shifts the emission wavelength to near λ=600 nm. The free carboxylic acid group present in these new derivatives was readily activated and the dyes were subsequently covalently linked to a model protein (bovine serum albumin; BSA). The bioconjugates were characterized by electronic absorption, fluorescence spectroscopy and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, thus enabling precise determination of the labeling density (ratio DPP/BSA about 3 to 8). Outstanding values of…
Damming an electronic energy reservoir: ion-regulated electronic energy shuttling in a [2]rotaxane
2021
We demonstrate the first example of bidirectional reversible electronic energy transfer (REET) between the mechanically bonded components of a rotaxane. Our prototypical system was designed such that photoexcitation of a chromophore in the axle results in temporary storage of electronic energy in a quasi-isoenergetic “reservoir” chromophore in the macrocycle. Over time, the emissive state of the axle is repopulated from this reservoir, resulting in long-lived, delayed luminescence. Importantly, we show that cation binding in the cavity formed by the mechanical bond perturbs the axle chromophore energy levels, modulating the REET process, and ultimately providing a luminescence read-out of c…
Powerful Fluoroalkoxy Molybdenum(V) Reagent for Selective Oxidative Arene Coupling Reaction
2013
We introduce the novel fluoroalkoxy molybdenum(V) reagent 1 which has superior reactivity and selectivity in comparison to MoCl5 or the MoCl5 /TiCl4 reagent mixture in the oxidative coupling reactions of aryls. Common side reactions, such as chlorination and/or oligomer formation, are drastically diminished creating a powerful and useful reagent for oxidative coupling. Theoretical treatment of the reagent interaction with 1,2-dimethoxybenzene-type substrates indicates an inner-sphere electron transfer followed by a radical cationic reaction pathway for the oxidative-coupling process. EPR spectroscopic and electrochemical studies, X-ray analyses, computational investigations, and the experim…
Au/CeO2 Photocatalyst for the Selective Oxidation of Aromatic Alcohols in Water under UV, Visible and Solar Irradiation
2021
Au nanoparticles supported on CeO2 have been prepared and investigated as photocatalysts for the photocatalytic selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol and 4-methoxybenzyl alcohol to the correspondent benzaldehydes, in aqueous suspensions and room conditions under UV, visible and natural solar light irradiation. Au nanoparticles have been supported by impregnation (1 and 3 wt.%) on two types of CeO2 (i.e., a commercial one and a home prepared oxide obtained in the presence of NaOH as precipitation agent). The Au impregnated samples showed strong visible radiation absorption at 565–570 nm associated to localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR). The bare CeO2 samples are activated by UV light …
Photoactivation of Anticancer Ru Complexes in Deep Tissue: How Deep Can We Go?
2017
Activation of anticancer therapeutics such as ruthenium (Ru) complexes is currently a topic of intense investigation. The success of phototherapy relies on photoactivation of therapeutics after the light passes through skin and tissue. In this paper, the photoactivation of anticancer Ru complexes with 671-nm red light through tissue of different thicknesses was studied. Four photoactivatable Ru complexes with different absorption wavelengths were synthesized. Two of them (Ru3 and Ru4) were responsive to wavelengths in the “therapeutic window” (650–900 nm) and could be activated using 671-nm red light after passing through tissue up to 16-mm-thick. The other two (Ru1 and Ru2) could not be ac…
MOLECULAR BASIS OF DRUG PHOTOTOXICITY: PHOTOSENSITIZED CELL DAMAGE BY THE MAJOR PHOTOPRODUCT OF TIAPROFENIC ACID
1994
Tiaprofenic acid is a photosensitizing nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, whose major photoproduct (decarboxytiaprofenic acid) is also a potent photosensitizer. Because of the lack of the carboxylate moiety, this photoproduct is more lipophilic and might bind more efficiently to cell membranes, thereby causing phototoxic damage. To verify the feasibility of this hypothesis, we have prepared the 3H-labeled analogs of tiaprofenic acid and its photoproduct and examined the binding, persistence and phototoxicity of the photoproduct using poorly metabolizing (fibroblasts) and actively metabolizing cells (hepatocytes). The photoproduct of tiaprofenic acid accumulates in both cell types as it is…
Photochemical ligand rearrangement in dirhodium(II) compounds. Structure of Rh2(O2CCH3)2(η2-O2CCH3)[(C6H4)PPh2] (η2-PCCl)(PCClP-ClC6H4)Ph2
1995
Abstract The photochemical reaction of the adducts Rh2(O2CCH3)3[(C6H4)P(o-ClC6H4)Ph]· (P(p-XC6H4)3) (X=H, Me, Cl), yield the compounds Rh2(O2CCH3)2(η2-O2CCH3)[(p-XC6H3)P (p-XC6H4)2](η2-PCCl), (PCCl=P(o-ClC6H4)Ph2) in a ligand rearrangement reaction that involves activation of CH and RhC bonds. The factors that favour this process are studied by carrying out photochemical reactions with different phosphines. The structures of Rh2(O2CCH3)2(η2-O2CCH3) [(C6H4)PPh2](η2-PCCl) has been determined by X-ray diffraction. Mr=1321.1, orthorhombic, space group Pbcn, a=20.339(8), b=20.07(6), c=23.07(3) A , V=9413(3) A 3 , Z=8, D x =1.86 g cm −3 . Mo Kα radiation (graphite crystal monochromator, λ=0.071…
On the role of interfacial hydrogen bonds in "on-water" catalysis.
2014
Numerous experiments have demonstrated that many classes of organic reactions exhibit increased reaction rates when performed in heterogeneous water emulsions. Despite enormous practical importance of the observed "on-water" catalytic effect and several mechanistic studies, its microscopic origins remains unclear. In this work, the second generation Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics method is extended to self-consistent charge density-functional based tight-binding in order to study "on-water" catalysis of the Diels-Alder reaction between dimethyl azodicarboxylate and quadricyclane. We find that the stabilization of the transition state by dangling hydrogen bonds exposed at the aqueous inte…
13C NMR study on the methoxy carbon chemical shifts in chloro-substituted anisoles and guaiacols
1983
The 13C NMR chemical shifts of methoxy carbons in chlorinated anisoles and guaiacols have been measured for acetone-d6 solutions. Multiple linear regression analysis, and also ‘simple sum rule’ calculations, have been used to estimate the effects of the chlorine atoms (the position and degree of substitution) on the chemical shifts. The most important effects have shown to be due to the chlorine atoms adjacent to the methoxy and hydroxy substituents. For chlorinated guaiacols, the greatest effect is due to the chlorine atom adjacent to the methoxy group. For chlorinated anisoles, the substituents adjacent to the methoxy group (2,6-disubstitution) cause large effects. For both groups of comp…
Nitrogen-15 NMR Studies on Hydrazines. 2— Substituent Effect Analysis inortho-Substituted Phenylhydrazines and Anilines
1996
15N and 13C NMR spectra of some ortho-substituted phenylhydrazines were measured at natural isotope abundance in DMSO-d6 solutions. The substituent present exerts a larger effect on the chemical shift of the nitrogen atom directly bound to the aromatic ring (N-1), the second one (N-2) showing an attenuated trend of similar sign. Contrary to what observed for para and meta isomers, the cross-correlation between N-1 and N-2 SCS values of ortho-substituted phenylhydrazines is not satisfactory; on the other hand, N-1 SCSs show a reasonably good linear regression with the σR− constants. As expected, no correlation was found between N-1 and C-1 or H-1 SCS values. Correlations between 13C and 15N …