tetraphenylporphine and chlorin

Topics: Coordination Complexes; Platinum; Porphyrins; Zinc

The photophysical characterization of the two tautomers (1e and 1i) of 5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl N-confused free-base porphyrin, as well as the tautomer-locked 2-methyl 5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl N-confused free-base porphyrin, was carried out using a combination of steady state and time-resolved optical techniques. N-Confused porphyrins, alternatively called 2-aza-21-carba-porphyrins or inverted porphyrins, are of great interest for their potential as building blocks in assemblies designed for artificial photosynthesis, and understanding their excited-state properties is paramount to future studies in multicomponent arrays. Femtosecond resolved transient absorption experiments reveal spectra that are similar to those of tetraphenylporphyrin (H2TPP) with either Soret or Q-band excitation, with an extinction coefficient for the major absorbing band of 1e that was about a factor of 5 larger than that of H2TPP. The lifetime of the S1 state was determined at a variety of absorption wavelengths for each compound and was found to be consistent with time-resolved fluorescence experiments. These experiments reveal that the externally protonated tautomer (1e) is longer lived (tau = 1.84 ns) than the internally protonated form (1i, tau = 1.47 ns) by approximately 369 ps and that the N-methyl N-confused porphyrin was shorter lived than the tautomeric forms by approximately 317 ps (DMAc) and approximately 396 ps (benzene). Steady-state fluorescence experiments on tautomers 1e and 1i and the N-methyl analogues corroborate these results, with fluorescence quantum yields (Phi(Fl)) of 0.046 (1e, DMAc) and 0.023 (1i, benzene), and 0.025 (DMAc) and 0.018 (benzene) for the N-methyl N-confused porphyrin. The lifetime and quantum yield data was interpreted in terms of structural changes that influence the rate of internal conversion. The absorption and transient absorption spectra of these porphyrins were also examined in the context of DFT calculations at the B3LYP/6-31G(d)//B3LYP/3-21G(d) level of theory and compared to the spectra/electronic structure of H2TPP and tetraphenyl chlorin.

Topics: Molecular Structure; Photochemistry; Porphyrins; Spectrum Analysis; Stereoisomerism

Several strategies have been proposed to improve the efficiency of photosensitizers used in photodynamic therapy (PDT). In this context, the synthesis of mono- (1) and di-glucosylated (2) porphyrins, and mono-glucosylated chlorin (3) was performed. HT29 human adenocarcinoma cells were significantly more sensitive to asymmetric and less hydrophobic glucosylated photosensitizers-mediated PDT (1, 3), compared to tetraphenylporphyrin (TPP). The lowest photosensitivity observed for TPP was consistent with the lowest uptake. Moreover, the most pronounced photodynamic activity measured for 3 was in relation with the improvement of cellular uptake, the singlet oxygen quantum yield and the high extinction coefficient value at 650 nm compared to porphyrins. Cellular localization analysis showed that 1 and 3 accumulated mainly inside the endoplasmic reticulum.

Topics: Cell Proliferation; Cell Survival; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; HT29 Cells; Humans; Kinetics; Molecular Structure; Monosaccharides; Photosensitizing Agents; Porphyrins; Spectrometry, Fluorescence; Time Factors