Photophysical properties of gallium hydroxyl tetratolylporphyrin and 13(2)-demethoxycarbonyl-(gallium hydroxyl)-methyl-pheophorbide alpha
Journal article, 2006

Two metal tetrapyrroles containing gallium, gallium hydroxyl tetratolylporphyrin and 13(2)-demethoxycarbonyl-(gallium hydroxyl)methyl pheophorbide a (Ga-(OH)-chlorin), were synthesized from their respective free bases using Ga(III)-acetylacetonate in a phenol melt. Their photophysical properties were investigated and the quantum yields of different monomolecular deactivation processes were determined. For Ga-(OH)-porphyrin S-2-fluorescence was observed and quantified. In contrast. for Ga-(OH)-chlorin no S-2-fluorescence was observed. Both compounds should be useful as efficient photosensitizers in photodynamic therapy. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Author

C. Litwinski

Humboldt University of Berlin

S. Tannert

Humboldt University of Berlin

Aldo Jesorka

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Physical Chemistry

M. Katterle

University of Potsdam

B. Roder

Humboldt University of Berlin

Chemical Physics Letters

0009-2614 (ISSN)

Vol. 418 4-6 355-358

Subject Categories

Chemical Sciences

DOI

10.1016/j.cplett.2005.10.131

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