Carbazole appended<i>trans</i>-dicationic pyridinium porphyrin finds supremacy in DNA binding/photocleavage over a non-carbazolyl analogue
Athulya Das, Thasnim P Mohammed, Rajesh Kumar, Sarmistha Bhunia, Muniyandi Sankaralingam
Abstract
reveal the involvement of singlet oxygen. The singlet excited state lifetimes were in the range of 6.3-1.2 ns. Furthermore, these porphyrins can be investigated as interesting photosensitizers in photodynamic therapy and photochemotherapy.
Topics & Concepts
PyridiniumPorphyrinCarbazoleChemistryPhotochemistryPolymer chemistryMedicinal chemistryPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryPhotodynamic Therapy Research StudiesDNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry