Methods of producing singlet oxygen using compounds having improved functionalization
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1. A method of producing light-induced singlet oxygen, the method comprising subjecting a texaphyrin to light in the presence of oxygen, wherein the texaphyrin has the structure:
- ##STR14## wherein M is a diamagnetic metal cation;
R1 -R4, R7 and R8 are independently hydrogen, halide, hydroxyl, alkyl, aryl, haloalkyl, nitro, formyl, acyl, hydroxyalkyl, oxyalkyl, oxyhydroxyalkyl, saccharide, carboxy, carboxyalkyl, carboxyamidealkyl, a site-directing molecule, a catalytic group, or a couple to a site-directing molecule or to a catalytic group;
R6 and R9 are independently selected from the groups of R1 -R4, R7 and R8, with the proviso that the halide is other than iodide and the haloalkyl is other than iodoalkyl;
R5 and R10 -R12 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, hydroxyalkyl, oxyalkyl, oxyhydroxyalkyl, carboxyalkyl, carboxyamidealkyl or a couple to a saccharide, to a site-directing molecule or to a catalytic group;
at least one of R5, R6, R9, R10, R11 and R12 is other than hydrogen; and
Z is an integer less than or equal to 5.
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Novel texaphyrin compounds having improved functionalization are described. Metal complexes of these compounds are active as photosensitizers for the generation of singlet oxygen and thus are potentially useful for treatments performed with singlet oxygen. Several of the metallotexaphyrin complexes absorb light in the physiologically important range of 690-880 nm. The complexes form long-lived triplet states and thus may act as efficient photosensitizers for generation of singlet oxygen.
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1. A method of producing light-induced singlet oxygen, the method comprising subjecting a texaphyrin to light in the presence of oxygen, wherein the texaphyrin has the structure:
- ##STR14## wherein M is a diamagnetic metal cation;
R1 -R4, R7 and R8 are independently hydrogen, halide, hydroxyl, alkyl, aryl, haloalkyl, nitro, formyl, acyl, hydroxyalkyl, oxyalkyl, oxyhydroxyalkyl, saccharide, carboxy, carboxyalkyl, carboxyamidealkyl, a site-directing molecule, a catalytic group, or a couple to a site-directing molecule or to a catalytic group; R6 and R9 are independently selected from the groups of R1 -R4, R7 and R8, with the proviso that the halide is other than iodide and the haloalkyl is other than iodoalkyl; R5 and R10 -R12 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, hydroxyalkyl, oxyalkyl, oxyhydroxyalkyl, carboxyalkyl, carboxyamidealkyl or a couple to a saccharide, to a site-directing molecule or to a catalytic group; at least one of R5, R6, R9, R10, R11 and R12 is other than hydrogen; and Z is an integer less than or equal to 5. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- ##STR14## wherein M is a diamagnetic metal cation;
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