Singlet Oxygen Sensor Green®: photochemical behavior in solution and in a mammalian cell

The development of efficient and selective luminescent probes for reactive oxygen species, particularly for singlet molecular oxygen, is currently of great importance. In this study, the photochemical behavior of Singlet Oxygen Sensor Green^® (SOSG), a commercially available fluorescent probe for singlet oxygen, was examined. Despite published claims to the contrary, the data presented herein indicate that SOSG can, in fact, be incorporated into a living mammalian cell. However, for a number of reasons, caution must be exercised when using SOSG. First, it is shown that the immediate product of the reaction between SOSG and singlet oxygen is, itself, an efficient singlet oxygen photosensitizer. Second, SOSG appears to efficiently bind to proteins which, in turn, can influence uptake by a cell as well as behavior in the cell. As such, incorrect use of SOSG can yield misleading data on yields of photosensitized singlet oxygen production, and can also lead to photooxygenation‐dependent adverse effects in the system being investigated.     

TiOBr; Darstellung,Eigenschaften und Struktur*

TiOBr was prepared by reaction of Ti with TiO₂ and Br₂. The compound forms fiat reddish-brown needles and shows a temperature independent weak paramagnetism. It crystallises in the orthorhombic system (Pmmn; a = 3.787, b = 3.487, c = 8.529 Å) with the FeOCl type of structure. The interatomic distances are Ti?O = 1.952; 2.245 Å (2X) and Ti?Br = 2.544 Å (2X).     

Synthesis of Fine-grained NaA-type Zeolites from Superalkaline Solutions

The synthesis of NaA-type zeolite from superalkaline reaction mixtures by influence on the formation- and transformation rate of the polymorphous phases according to the Ostwald step rule is discussed. The appearence time of NaA as a single crystallization product is described in dependence on the reaction conditions. The kinetics of the zeolite crystallization and the property alterations of the reaction products in dependence on the time are investigated in the pilot scale.