Synthesis, structure and thermal stability of fully hydrophobic porphyrin-DNA conjugates

The DNAs modified with tetraphenyl porphyrin at the center of 13mer oligonucleotide were synthesized using phosphoramidite chemistry and automated DNA synthesis. When the porphyrin modified oligonucleotide was annealed with its complementary strand, they formed a standard B-form duplex. The porphyrin moiety intercalated in the duplex, and moderately lowered the thermal stability.     

Synthesis of dendron-protected porphyrin wires and preparation of a one-dimensional assembly of gold nanoparticles chemically linked to the pi-conjugated wires

A one-dimensional assembly of gold nanoparticles chemically bonded to pi-conjugated porphyrin polymers was prepared on a chemically modified glass surface and on an undoped naturally oxidized silicon surface by the following methods: pi-conjugated porphyrin polymers were prepared by oxidative coupling of 5,15-diethynyl-10,20-bis-((4-dendron)phenyl) porphyrin (6), and its homologues (larger than 40-mer) were collected by analytical gel permeation chromatography (GPC). The porphyrin polymers (>40-mer) were deposited using the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) method on substrate surfaces, which were then soaked in a solution of gold nanoparticles (2.7 +/- 0.8 nm) protected with t-dodecanethiol and 4-pyridineethanethiol. The topographical images of the surface observed by tapping mode atomic force microscopy (AFM) showed that the polymers could be dispersed on both substrates, with a height of 2.8 +/- 0.5 nm on the modified glass and 3.1 +/- 0.5 nm on silicon. The height clearly increased after soaking in the gold nanoparticle solution, to 5.3 +/- 0.5 nm on glass and 5.4 +/- 0.7 nm on silicon. The differences in height (2.5 nm on glass and 2.3 nm on silicon) corresponded to the diameter of the gold nanoparticles bonded to the porphyrin polymers. The distance between gold nanoparticles observed in scanning electron microscopic images was ca. 5 nm, indicating that they were bonded at every four or five porphyrin units.     

Ground- and excited-state properties of Zn(II) tetrakis(4-tetramethylpyridyl) pophyrin specifically encapsulated within a Zn(II) HKUST metal-organic framework

We have examined the photophysical properties of Zn(II) tetramethylpyridyl porphyrin (ZnT4MPyP) specifically encapsulated within the cubioctahedral cavities of a ZnHKUST metal- organic framework. The encapsulated ZnT4MPyP exhibits a Soret maxima at ～458 nm that is bathochromically shifted relative to ZnT4PyP in ethanol solution (Soret maxima centered at 440 nm). The corresponding emission spectra of the encapsulated porphyrin exhibit resolvable bands centered at 636 and 677 nm relative to a single broad emission band of the ZnT4MPyP in ethanol solution centered at 636 nm with a shoulder situated near ～660 nm. The fluorescence lifetime of the encapsulated porphyrin is also perturbed relative to that of the free porphyrin in solution (1.88 ns for the encapsulated porphyrin relative to 1.2 ns in solution). These results are consistent with the ZnT4MPyP being in a more constrained environment in which the peripheral pyridyl groups have restricted rotational motion. The ZnT4MPyP triplet lifetime is also affected by encapsulation, giving rise to a longer lifetime (τ ≈ 3.3 ms) relative to that for the free porphyrin in solution (τ ≈ 1 ms). The triplet-state results indicate that nonplanar vibrational modes of the porphyrin leading to intersystem crossing are retained by encapsulation of the porphyrin but that either the density of vibrational states or the specific nonplanar modes coupling the singlet and triplet states may be perturbed, resulting in the longer observed lifetime.     

Compounds based on meso-tri(4-pyridyl)-p-acrylamidophenylporphyrin able to interact with DNA

A new type of porphyrinyl-nucleoside was synthesized by the Heck reaction of meso-tri(4-pyndyl)-p-acrylamidophenylporphyrin with (+)5-iodo-2′-deoxyuridine. The porphyrin used in this reaction was also applied in obtaining a water soluble porphyrin polymer and a copolymer with acrylamide. The porphyrinyl-nucleoside and the polymer and copolymer were investigated for their interaction with ds DNA, oligonucleotides and oligonucleotide duplexes. The extend of the red-shift of the Soret band of porphyrins and the slowing of the mobolity of DNA during electrophoresis of the interacting systems suggested that intercalation of cationic porphyrin units into ds DNA cannot be solely responsible for the observed phenomena.     

A Nanoemulsion with A Porphyrin Shell for Cancer Theranostics

A nanoemulsion with a porphyrin shell (NewPS) was created by the self‐assembly of porphyrin salt around an oil core. The NewPS system has excellent colloidal stability, is amenable to different porphyrin salts and oils, and is capable of co‐loading with chemotherapeutics. The porphyrin salt shell enables porphyrin‐dependent optical tunability. The NewPS consisting of pyropheophorbide a mono‐salt has a porphyrin shell of ordered J‐aggregates, which produced a narrow, red‐shifted Q‐band with increased absorbance. Upon nanostructure dissociation, the fluorescence and photodynamic reactivity of the porphyrin monomers are restored. The spectrally distinct photoacoustic imaging (at 715 nm by intact NewPS) and fluorescence increase (at 671 nm by disrupted NewPS) allow the monitoring of NewPS accumulation and disruption in mice bearing KB tumors to guide effective photodynamic therapy. Substituting the oil core with Lipiodol affords additional CT contrast, whereas loading paclitaxel into NewPS facilitates drug delivery.     

Synthesis and characterization of 5,10,15,20-tetra[3-(3-trifluoromethyl)phenoxy] porphyrin

The newly synthesized 5,10,15,20-tetra[3-(3-trifluoromethyl)phenoxy]porphyrin, TTFMPP, has been characterized using mass spectroscopy, 1H-, 13C- and 19F-NMR, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, UV-Vis and fluorescence spectrophotometry, and cyclic voltammetry. The NMR confirmed the structure of the compound and the mass spectrum was in agreement with the proposed molecular formula. The UV-Vis absorption spectrum of TTFMPP shows characteristic spectral patterns similar to those of tetraphenyl porphryin, with a Soret band at 419 nm and four Q bands at 515, 550, 590, and 648 nm. Protonation of the porphyrin with TFA resulted in the expected red shift of the Soret band. Excitation at 419 nm gave an emission at 650 nm. The quantum yield of the porphyrin was determined to be 0.08. Cyclic voltammetry was used to determine the oxidation and reduction potentials of the new porphyrin. Two quasi-reversible one-electron reductions at -1.00 and -1.32 V and a quasi-reversible oxidation at 1.20 V versus the silver/silver chloride reference electrode with tetrabutylammonium tetrafluoroborate as the supporting electrolyte in methylene chloride were observed.     

meso-四[(4-苯乙烯氨基)苯基]卟啉合成及其波谱特点

以吡咯和对硝基苯甲醛为原料,经过环化、还原和缩合,合成了meso-四[(4-苯乙烯氨基)苯基]卟啉(TBAPP),通过UV-Vis、FT-IR、1H NMR及元素分析等对产物进行了表征,并对其荧光和电子顺磁共振特性进行了研究。 卟啉产物的EPR测定显示出游离基特征,表明卟啉分子的大π共轭结构对周边基团产生的自由基有稳定作用。 取代基对卟啉的紫外 可见吸收、光致发光及电子顺磁共振特性均有影响。 四席夫碱苯基卟啉TBAPP的Q带比前体四氨基卟啉（TAPP）和母体四硝苯基卟啉（TNPP）红移,而Soret谱带变化较小;TBAPP的440 nm光激发的最大荧光峰658 nm分别比TAPP蓝移5 nm和比TNPP红移9 nm;TBAPP的EPR精细结构比TAPP弱,而比TNPP强。     

单链四苯酚基卟啉在CTAB胶束微环境中的去质子化现象

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Sensitisation of the Near‐Infrared Emission of NdIII from the Singlet State of Porphyrins Bearing Four 8‐Hydroxyquinolinylamide Chelates

The α₄ atropoisomer of a tetraaryl porphyrin and its Pd^II complex, both bearing four hydroxyquinolinyl chelating units pre‐organised on the same face of the porphyrin backbone, bind a Nd^III centre thus affording either a mononuclear or a heterobinuclear anionic species, respectively. The near‐infrared emission of the lanthanide centred at 1064 nm is observed upon excitation of the Soret band at 425 nm. Sensitisation proceeds mainly from the singlet state of the porphyrin.     

Absorption and luminescence of yttrium and lanthanide octaethylporphin complexes

Absorption spectra of yttrium octaethylporphin complex and of seven lanthanide complexes are quite similar, but emission properties vary greatly. The closed shell complexes, Y and Lu (f¹⁴), show moderately strong porphyrin fluorescence and phosphorescence, with the latter having decay times 55 ms (Y) and 7.8 ms (Lu) at 77 K. All six open shell lanthanides studied show weak porphyrin fluorescence. In addition, the Gd complex (f⁷) shows a very strong porphyrin phosphorescence at 702 nm, with decay time 103 μs at 77 K, and the Yb complex (f¹³) shows both a weak, non-exponential porphyrin phosphorescence at 704 nm and an f-shell emission, ²F → ²F , at 975 nm.     

AN ACTION SPECTRUM FOR BLUE AND NEAR ULTRAVIOLET IN ACTIVATION OF Propionibacterium acnes; WITH EMPHASIS ON A POSSIBLE PORPHYRIN PHOTOSENSITIZATION

— Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes ), grown on Eagles medium with different pH. were irradiated with monochromatic light in the range 320 to 440 nm. Different pH leads to different porphyrin concentrations in the cells. The light sensitivity of the bacteria was estimated from the reduction in their ability to form colonies after radiation. The sensitivity was highest for the lowest wavelength (320 nm). and decreased continuously with increasing wavelength up to 380 nm. In the region between 380 and 440 nm there was a second maximum (at 415 nm) which corresponds to the maximum absorption ol the fluorescing porphyrins in P. acnes . The sensitivity to 415 nm light was found to be dependent on the endogenous porphyrin concentration in the cells. while the sensitivity to 320 nm radiation was independent of the amount of porphyrin present. These results indicate that porphyrins produced by the bacteria are important for the light sensitivity of these bacteria.     

1,3,5,7-Tetrasubstituted adamantanes as frameworks in the design of assemblies of porphyrin macrocycles

A new strategy for the synthesis of adamantane-containing polyphenols of a porphyrin series has been suggested on the basis of Suzuki–Miyaura reaction between 1,3,5,7-tetrakis(4'-iodophenyl)adamantane and a monoboryl derivative of substituted porphyrin. The synthesis of this porphyrin assembly on the adamantane core followed by chemical transformations of this compound has provided a possibility to synthesize the corresponding polyphenol derivative. The latter has been used in the development of positive photoresists for nanolithography with exposure to radiation at a wavelength 13.5 nm capable of producing topological structures with a resolution of 16 nm.     

辽河减压渣油中卟啉的分离和分析

采用溶剂萃取－紫外可见吸收光谱法对辽河减压渣油中的卟啉进行了分离和鉴定,结果指出,乙腈能有效地将镍卟啉从辽河减压渣油中萃取分离出来,对卟啉组分进行甲烷磺酸脱金属,所得游离卟啉在可光区4个吸收峰的强度特征,表明辽河减压渣油中的卟啉以初卟啉（ETIO）为主。     

FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA IN LUNG WITH PORPHYRIN INJECTION

The fluorescence emission spectra from human bronchial mucosa and tumors, before and after injection of dihematoporphyrin ether/ester, have been measured with an optical multichannel analyzer from 500 to 750 nm. Fluorescence was excited with a violet krypton ion laser (average wavelength 410 nm). The autofluorescence spectra decrease monotonically with increasing wavelength except for a small broad peak near 600 nm. The spectra from tumor sites, after injection of the fluorescent porphyrin, exhibit the characteristic fluorescence emission at 630 and 690 nm, added to the autofluorescence spectrum. The spectra from control or nontumor sites are similar but the magnitude of the component due to the injected porphyrin is smaller than at a tumor site. The magnitude ratio of tumor to control site fluorescence depends on concentration of the porphyrin, tumor thickness, and time after injection. Autofluorescence degrades contrast and thus makes very thin tumors difficult to image. Subtraction of the autofluorescence background is desirable.     

Photoregulated fluorescence switching in axially coordinated tin(IV) porphyrinic dithienylethene

Photochromic fluorophore Sn(TTP)(DTE)2 , in which two phenolic derivatives of 1,2-dithienylethene are axially coordinated to (5,10,15,20-tetratolylporphyrinato)tin(IV) in trans position, has been synthesized and fully characterized by various spectroscopic methods. We have also investigated the photoregulated fluorescence switching behavior of Sn(TTP)(DTE)2 . The fluorescence of the porphyrin macrocycle in Sn(TTP)(DTE) 2 greatly depends on the state of the 1,2-dithienyletene photochromic switch. In the open state (Sn(TTP)(o-DTE)2), the porphyrin exhibits high fluorescence intensity at 609 and 664 nm when excited at 410 nm. When the photocyclization reaction was carried out by irradiating Sn(TTP)(o-DTE)2 with the UV light (approximately 365 nm), the fluorescence intensity of the porphyrin macrocycle decreased. Back irradiation with visible light at wavelengths greater than 500 nm regenerated Sn(TTP)(o-DTE)2 and almost restored the original fluorescence spectrum. The fluorescence intensity of the porphyrin fluorophore is efficiently regulated by photochromic switching between Sn(TTP)(o-DTE)2 and Sn(TTP)(c-DTE)2 in several cycles, clearly demonstrating that the Sn(TTP)(DTE)2 can act as a system for reversible data processing using fluorescence as the detection method.     

A fluorinated ruthenium porphyrin as a potential photodynamic therapy agent: synthesis, characterization, DNA binding, and melanoma cell studies

When the new porphyrin 5,10-(4-pyridyl)-15,20-(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin is reacted with 2 equiv of Ru(bipy)(2)Cl(2) (where bipy = 2,2'-bipyridine) formation of the target ruthenated porphyrin is achieved with 40% yield. Strong electronic transitions are observed in the visible region of the spectrum associated with the porphyrin Soret and four Q-bands. A shoulder at slightly higher energy than the Soret band is attributed to the Ru(dpi) to bipy(pi*) metal to ligand charge transfer (MLCT) band. The bipyridyl pi to pi* transition occurs at 295 nm. Cyclic voltammetry experiments reveal two single-electron redox couples in the cathodic region at E(1/2) = -0.80 and -1.18 V vs Ag/AgCl associated with the porphyrin. Two overlapping redox couples at E(1/2) = 0.83 V vs Ag/AgCl due to the Ru(III/II) centers is also observed. DNA titrations using calf thymus (CT) DNA and the ruthenium porphyrin give a K(b) = 7.6 x 10(5) M(-1) indicating a strong interaction between complex and DNA. When aqueous solutions of supercoiled DNA and ruthenium porphyrin are irradiated with visible light (energy lower than 400 nm), complete nicking of the DNA is observed. Cell studies show that the ruthenated porphyrin is more toxic to melanoma skin cells than to normal fibroblast cells. When irradiated with a 60 W tungsten lamp, the ruthenium porphyrin preferentially leads to apoptosis of the melanoma cells over the normal skin cells.     

Incorporation of zinc(II) porphyrins in polyaniline in its perigraniline form leading to polymers with the lowest band gap

Conjugated copolymers built upon quinone diimine-zinc(II) porphyrin units exhibit a very low lying charge transfer band at 800 nm and are strongly emissive from the S(2) and T(2) states.     

Two-photon absorption properties of self-assemblies of butadiyne-linked bis(imidazolylporphyrin)

Supramolecular porphyrin self-assemblies have been prepared from butadiyne-linked bis(imidazolylporphyrin) by complementary coordination of imidazole to zinc, and their two-photon absorption (2PA) and higher-order nonlinear absorption properties were investigated over femtosecond time scales using an open-aperture Z-scan method. The self-assembled porphyrin dimer of the conjugated monozinc bisporphyrin 7D was shown to have a large 2PA cross section (7.6 x 10(3) GM, where 1 GM = 10(-50) cm(4) s molecule(-1) photon(-1)) at 887 nm. By comparison of this result with that for a meso-meso-linked porphyrin array without the butadiyne connection (3.7 x 10(2) GM at 964 nm), it was demonstrated that the predominant factor in this significant enhancement of the cross section was the expansion of porphyrin-porphyrin pi-conjugation. Self-coordination and monozinc metalation were also found to be contributing factors. Furthermore, a novel self-assembled porphyrin polymer 8P consisting of a biszinc complex with a mean molecular weight of M(n) = 1.5 x 10(5) Da was shown to exhibit an extraordinarily large two-photon absorption cross section (4.4 x 10(5) GM at 873 nm). Nanosecond Z-scan experiments for 7D and 8P were also undertaken and resulted in the measurement of large effective 2PA cross sections, including the excited-state absorption (2.1 x 10(5) GM for 7D and 2.2 x 10(7) GM for 8P, respectively). Finally, three-photon absorption was observed by femtosecond Z-scan experiments at 1188 nm (7.1 x 10(-89) m(6) s(2)) and 1282 nm (1.8 x 10(-89) m(6) s(2)), an observation which is the first of its kind in porphyrin chemistry.     

THE PHOTOCHEMICAL YIELD OF SINGLET OXYGEN FROM PORPHYRINS IN DIFFERENT STATES OF AGGREGATION

Abstract— Aqueous solutions of hematoporphyrin and hematoporphyrin derivatives were exposed to light. When present in such solutions tryptophan is degraded by a singlet oxygen mechanism. This is true for excitation at 396 nm, where porphyrin monomers have their absorption maximum, as well as for excitation at 360 nm, where porphyrin aggregates seem to absorb strongly. The quantum yield of singlet oxygen production is similar within 25% for excitation at 396 and 360 nm while the fluorescence quantum yield is more than a factor 2 lower for excitation at 360 nm than for excitation at 396 nm. Photoexcitation of the clinically used hematopotophyrin derivatives photofrin I and photofrin II produces singlet oxygen with significantly smaller yields than photoexcitation of hematoporphyrin. Thus, the aggregates present in solutions of photofrin I and photofrin II are of a different nature than those present in aqueous solutions of hematoporphyrin.     

卟啉/TiO2界面的相互作用研究

采用吸收光谱、荧光光谱和瞬态光伏技术研究了卟啉/TiO2体系的吸收光特性、荧光特性和光伏特性, 并研究了卟啉和TiO2之间的界面相互作用. 研究结果表明, 卟啉环在与钬原子结合前后与TiO2之间的作用不同, TiO2的粒径也影响界面的相互作用. 卟啉与粒径为10 nm的TiO2作用后, 能级发生了简并, 同时带隙发生了红移. 卟啉与粒径为56 nm的TiO2相互作用后只有特征吸收峰发生红移, 带隙和峰的数量几乎未发生变化. 这说明在粒径为10 nm的TiO2与卟啉的大π键之间出现了离域的相互作用, 这也被荧光光谱和瞬态光伏曲线所证实.