New polyethyleneglycol-functionalized texaphyrins: synthesis and in vitro biological studies

The synthesis of four new analogues of motexafin gadolinium (MGd), a gadolinium(III) texaphyrin complex in clinical trials for its anticancer properties, is described. These new derivatives contain either 1,2-diaminobenzene or 2,3-diaminonaphthalene subunits as the source of the imine nitrogens and bear multiple 2-[2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxy]ethoxy (PEG) groups, on either meso aryl or beta-pyrrolic substituents, to increase their water solubility. All four analogues were found to be more active in vitro than the parent system MGd as judged from cell proliferation assays using the PC3 and A549 cell lines.     

Apparent molar volumes and compressibilities of lanthanum,gadolinium and lutetium trifluoromethanesulfonates in dimethylsulfoxide

Temperature dependencies of the densities of dimethylsulfoxide solutions of lanthanum, gadolinium and lutetium trifluoromethanesulfonates have been determined over a wide range of concentrations. The apparent molar volumes and partial molar volumes of the salts at infinite dilution, as well as the expansibilities of the salts, have been calculated from density data. Additionally, the apparent molar isentropic compressibilities of lanthanum, gadolinium and lutetium trifluoromethanesulfonates have been calculated from sound velocity data at 298.15 K. The data obtained have been interpreted in terms of ion−solvent interactions.     

Thermal degradation study of gadolinium and lutetium methanesulfonates

The synthesis, characterization and thermal degradation study of gadolinium and lutetium methanesulfonates is reported. The prepared salts were characterized by elemental analysis and infrared spectroscopy. The thermal degradation study was performed by using thermogravimetry (TG), differential thermal analysis (DTA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). By using thermogravimetric data, a kinetic study of the dehydration of Gd and Lu methanesulfonates is performed employing the Coats-Redfern and Zsakó methods. It is verified that under heating, the gadolinium and lutetium methanesulfonates suffer three main processes: dehydration, thermal degradation and oxide formation. The thermal degradation products were characterized by infrared spectroscopy and X-diffractometry. Furthermore, depending on the atmosphere nature, i.e. inert or oxidant, the thermal degradation process could be endothermic (N₂) or exothermic (air).     

Lanthanide Double-Decker Complexes with Tetra-tert-butyltetrabenzoporphyrin and Phthalocyanine Ligands. Synthesis and Properties

Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry - Mixed-ligand double-decker lutetium, erbium, dysprosium, gadolinium, and europium complexes with tetra-tert-butyltetrabenzoporphyrin and phthalocyanine have...     

A novel lutetium(III) acetate phthalocyanine directly substituted with N,N’-dimethylaminophenyl groups via CC bonds and its water-soluble derivative for photodynamic therapy

In this study, the novel 4-(N,N′-dimethylamino)phenyl substituted lutetium(III) acetate phthalocyanine (2) and its quaternized derivative (3) were synthesized via a Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction between tetrakis(iodo) lutetium(III)acetate phthalocyanine (1) and 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)phenylboronic acid, and subsequent quaternization using dimethyl sulfate, respectively. The obtained phthalocyanine 3 exhibited excellent solubility in water which is important for photodynamic therapy applications. Photophysical properties such as fluorescence quantum yield and fluorescence lifetime, and photochemical properties such as singlet oxygen generation and photostability were investigated to determine their suitability for photodynamic therapy. The lutetium(III) phthalocyanines, especially quaternized derivative 3, showed promising properties as potential photosensitizers for the treatment of cancer, producing higher singlet oxygen (Φ_Δ = 0.59) than motexafin lutetium (Φ_Δ = 0.31) which is a clinically used lutetium texaphyrin photosensitizer.     

Synthesis and spectral properties of lanthanide double-decker complexes with tetrabenzoporphyrin and phthalocyanine

Mixed-ligand double-decker complexes containing tetrabenzoporphyrin and phthalocyanine fragments were synthesized by reaction of phthalocyanine dilithium salt with tetrabenzoporphyrin complexes of lutetium, dysprosium, gadolinium, neodymium, and lanthanum. A relation was found between spectral parameters of the obtained sandwich complexes and radii of the central metal ions.     

表面活性剂存在下铽-镥(钆、钇)-乙酰水杨酸共发荧光体系的研究

本文研究了镥等三种稀土离子与铽-乙酰水杨酸配合物产生的共发荧光效应。在最佳条件下,Lu³⁺、Gd³⁺、Y³⁺的存在可使铽-乙酰水杨酸配合物的荧光分别增强108,58和73倍。讨论了共发光体系的形成条件和荧光特性。利用Tb-Lu-乙酰水杨酸体系和Tb-Lu-乙酰水杨酸-乙二胺四乙酸-十六烷基三甲基溴化铵体系分析了合成稀土样品和包头稀土标准氧化物中的铽,结果满意,加标回收率为90.5～105.6%,并对共发光的机理和表面活性剂的作用进行了初步探讨。     

Straightforward Synthesis of a Novel Maleimide‐DTPA Bifunctional Chelating Agent

An extremely easy and multigram scale synthesis of a new maleimide‐DTPA derivative is described. This bifunctional chelating agent finds application in bioconjugate chemistry because the maleimido group allows easy labeling of thiol‐containing molecules (e.g., proteins, peptides) and the DTPA moiety ensures a strong and stable coordination of metal and radiometal ions such as gadolinium, lutetium, indium, and yttrium.     

12顶点[1-R-CB11-Me11]-碳硼烷氧化-还原过程二阶NLO效应的理论研究

采用密度泛函理论（DFT）对12顶点[1-R-CB₁₁-Me₁₁]^-碳硼烷的结构和二阶非线性光学（NLO）调节效应进行计算分析. 结果表明,C位连接的取代基R供、吸电子能力的不同以及分子发生可逆氧化-还原反应对分子构型有一定影响. 由自然键轨道（NBO）电荷和电子自旋密度分析可知,分子的氧化中心是碳硼笼,分子的氧化反应可导致碳硼笼部分给、受体特性发生改变. 氧化态分子的第一超极化率总有效值（β_tot）大于相应还原态分子,当C位取代基R为供电子基团（—NH₂）的分子时,氧化态与还原态的β_tot值变化最大. 这类分子的氧化-还原反应可以有效调节二阶NLO光学效应.     

Nucleoside-boron cluster conjugates - Beyond pyrimidine nucleosides and carboranes

General methods for the synthesis of new purine and pyrimidine nucleosides modified with borane clusters and metallacarborane complexes are presented. They include: (1) attachment of carborane modification at 2′ position of nucleoside via formacetal linkage formation, (2) tethering of the metallacarborane group at nucleobase part of the nucleoside via dioxane ring opening in oxonium metallacarborane, carborane or dodecaborate derivatives, and (3) ‘‘click” chemistry approach based on Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. Proposed methodologies extend the range of nucleoside-boron cluster conjugates available and open new areas for their applications.     

Synthesis of novel pyrazole derivatives incorporating one dicarba-closo-dodecaborane unit

Boron clusters, and especially dicarba-closo-dodecaboranes, can be used as hydrophobic pharmacophores in the design of new drugs. In the current letter, analogs of the CB1 receptor inverse agonist Rimonabant incorporating a carborane cage (either ortho- or meta-carborane) have been synthesized in moderate yields and their structure has been elucidated by means of ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, ¹¹B NMR, and HPLC-MS.     

Aggregation‐Induced Emission Characteristics of o‐Carborane‐Functionalized Tetraphenylethylene Luminogens: The Influence of Carborane Cages on Photoluminescence

Tetraphenylethylene (TPE)–carborane hybrids are constructed, and the impact of carborane substituents on the aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) characteristics of TPE‐cores has been investigated. When altering the 2‐R‐group on the carborane unit with ‐H, ‐CH₃ or phenyl group, the luminescent quantum yield of the corresponding TPE derivatives can be manipulated from 0.18 to 0.63 in the solid state. The emission color exhibits an obvious 100 nm shift (from blue to yellow).     

Carboranyl C-σ-bonded and C-functionalized carboranes as ligands in gold and silver chemistry

This report summarizes gold and silver chemistry with C-functionalized carborane ligands and also organometallic complexes with Au-C_carboranyl σ bonds. The presence of different fragments bonded to the carbon atoms leads to ligands with different coordination preferences. Furthermore, through the partial degradation of the carborane cage the ligand charge can be modified and thus, anionic ligands are afforded. Consequently, for the synthesis of metal complexes, neutral and anionic ligands are available. These two aspects have been used to synthesise and stabilise a wide diversity of gold and silver coordination compounds. The use of carborane fragments as building blocks leads in some cases to unusual structures, clusters, rod like complexes and also to interesting properties like luminescent emissions.     

Spectrophotofluorometric determination of terbium and europium in potassium carbonate solution

The conditions for the spectrophotofluorometric determination of terbium and europium, in solutions of potassium carbonate, have been established. The apparent excitation and fluorescence wavelengths used, respectively, are 245 mmu and 550 mmu for terbium and 400 mmu and 620 mmu for europium. The fluorescence varies linearly with the concentration of terbium and europium in the range 0.3-70 mug, of terbium/ml and 4-800 mug of europium/ml. Large amounts of gadolinium, lutetium and yttrium do not interfere. Cerium(IV) interferes seriously.     

Séparation chromatographique des lanthanides en deux groupes basée sur des différences dans la cinétique de décomposition des complexes lanthanides-macrocyclesChromatographic separation of lanthanides into two groups based on kinetic differences in the decomposition of macrocycle/lanthanide complexes

The separation of the lanthanides in two groups, based on differences in decomplexation rates of the LnDOTA entities (DOTA = 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-N,N′,N″,N?-tetraacetic acid), is achieved on a sulphonate cation-exchange column (H⁺ form). The yttrium earths, from terbium to lutetium, are eluted first as Ln-DOTA-H species with 1.25 M HCl; the light lanthanides, from lanthanum to samarium inclusive, are eluted as uncomplexed ions at the end of the chromatogram, with more concentrated hydrochloric acid. Given an equimolar mixture of the Eu-DOTA and Gd-DOTA complexes as starting solution, 40% of the gadolinium can be recovered free from europium at the start of elution and 47% of the europium free from gadolinium at the end of the elution.     

Mutual solubility of the components in systems RED-1 diluent-tri-n-butyl phosphate solvates of rare-earth element(III) (Nd, Gd, Y, Yb, Lu) nitrates-Escaid 100 diluent

Phase diagrams of liquid binary systems RED-1 diluent-tri-n-butyl phosphate solvates of rare-earth element(III) (neodymium, gadolinium, yttrium, ytterbium, lutetium) nitrates were studied, and the binodal curves in the ternary systems [Ln(NO₃)₃(TBP)₃] (Ln = Nd and Yb)-RED-1-Escaid 100 were determined at various temperatures.     

Multicomponent Molecular Systems Based on Porphyrins, 1,3,5-Triazine and Carboranes: Synthesis and Characterization

2,4,6-Trichloro-1,3,5-triazine (cyanuric chloride) is an excellent coupling reagent for the preparation of highly structured multifunctional molecules. Three component systems based on porphyrin, cyanuric chloride and carborane clusters were prepared by a one-pot stepwise amination of cyanuric chloride with 5-(4-aminophenyl)-10,15,20-triphenylporphyrin, followed by replacement of the remaining chlorine atoms with carborane S- or N-nucleophiles. Some variants of 1,3,5-triazine derivatives containing porphyrin, carborane and residues of biologically active compounds such as maleimide, glycine methyl ester as well as thioglycolic acid, mercaptoethanol and hexafluoroisopropanol were also prepared. A careful control of the reaction temperature during the substitution reactions will allow the synthesis of desired compounds in a good to high yields. The structures of synthesized compounds were determined with UV-vis, IR, ¹H NMR, ¹¹B NMR, MALDI-TOF or LC-MS spectroscopic data. The dark and photocytotoxicity as well as intracellular localization and photoinduced cell death for compounds 8, 9, 17, 18 and 24 were evaluated.     

Aggregation‐Induced Delayed Fluorescence Based on Donor/Acceptor‐Tethered Janus Carborane Triads: Unique Photophysical Properties of Nondoped OLEDs

Luminescent materials consisting of boron clusters, such as carboranes, have attracted immense interest in recent years. In this study, luminescent organic–inorganic conjugated systems based on o‐carboranes directly bonded to electron‐donating and electron‐accepting π‐conjugated units were elaborated as novel optoelectronic materials. These o‐carborane derivatives simultaneously possessed aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) and thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) capabilities, and showed strong yellow‐to‐red emissions with high photoluminescence quantum efficiencies of up to 97 % in their aggregated states or in solid neat films. Organic light‐emitting diodes utilizing these o‐carborane derivatives as a nondoped emission layer exhibited maximum external electroluminescence quantum efficiencies as high as 11 %, originating from TADF.     

Determination of ten rare-earth elements and yttrium in silicate rocks by ICP-AES without separation and preconcentration

Lanthanum, cerium, neodymium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, dysprosium, erbium, ytterbium, lutetium and yttrium have been determined in 8 international rock standards by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) without prior ion-exchange separation and preconcentration. The results for La, Ce, Nd, Eu, Dy, Yb and Y were in good agreement with the reported values, whereas those for Sm, Gd, Er and Lu were less accurate. However, the results for Sm, Gd, Er and Lu can also be used for studies of petrogenesis.     

Gadolinium texaphyrin-methotrexate conjugates. Towards improved cancer chemotherapeutic agents

Conjugates between methotrexate (MTX, Matrex, N-[4-[[(2,4-diamino-6-pteridinyl)methyl]methylamino]benzoyl]-l-glutamic acid), an antifolate cancer chemotherapeutic to which resistance is often observed, and motexafin gadolinium (MGd), an experimental agent demonstrating selective tumor localization, are described. These systems were prepared in order to test whether linking these two species would produce agents with enhanced activity relative to MTX alone. Both ester- and amide-linked conjugates were synthesized starting from MGd and MTX. The ester conjugate showed greater in vitro anti-proliferative activity against the A549 lung carcinoma cell line at short incubation times than did MTX alone. Neither the amide conjugate, nor MGd, showed any observable activity under these in vitro conditions. These results are rationalized in terms of enhanced cellular uptake of both the ester and amide conjugates that is coupled with an effective rate of release (e.g., inherent or enzyme-mediated hydrolysis) in the case of the ester-linked conjugate, but not the corresponding amide system.