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Lipophilic Decyl Chain-Pterin Conjugates with Sensitizer Properties.
Molecular Pharmaceutics 2018 March 6
A new series of decyl chain [-(CH2 )9 CH3 ] pterin conjugates have been investigated by photochemical and photophysical methods, and with theoretical solubility calculations. To synthesize the pterins, a nucleophilic substitution (SN 2) reaction was used for the regioselective coupling of the alkyl chain to the O site over the N3 site. However, the O-alkylated pterin converts to N3 -alkylated pterin under basic conditions, pointing to a kinetic product in the former and a thermodynamic product in the latter. Two additional adducts were also obtained from an N-amine condensation of DMF solvent molecule as byproducts. In comparison to the natural product pterin, the alkyl chain pterins possess reduced fluorescence quantum yields (ΦF ) and increased singlet oxygen quantum yields (ΦΔ ). It is shown that the DMF-condensed pterins were more photostable compared to the N3 - and O-alkylated pterins bearing a free amine group. The alkyl chain pterins efficiently intercalate in large unilamellar vesicles, which is a good indicator of their potential use as photosensitizers in biomembranes. Our study serves as a starting point where the synthesis can be expanded to produce a wider series of lipophilic, photooxidatively active pterins.
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