Photophysical properties of porphycene derivatives (18 π porphyrinoids)

Absorption and fluorescence spectral data and triplet energy content, as well as quantum yields of fluorescence, of triplet state formation, and of sensitized generation of singlet molecular oxygen, O₂(¹∆g), of 38 porphycene derivatives are reported. Long-wavelength absorption and the efficiency of...

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Authors: Braslavsky, Silvia E., Müller, Martin, Mártire, Daniel Osvaldo, Pörting, Sigrid, Bertolotti, Sonia G., Chakravorti, Sankar, Koç-Weier, Gül, Knipp, Bernd, Schaffner, Kurt
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:1997
Country:Argentina
Institution:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repository:SEDICI (UNLP)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/159379
Online Access:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/159379
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Química
Porphyrins
Photodynamic therapy
Triplet
Singlet oxygen
Sensitization
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Summary:Absorption and fluorescence spectral data and triplet energy content, as well as quantum yields of fluorescence, of triplet state formation, and of sensitized generation of singlet molecular oxygen, O₂(¹∆g), of 38 porphycene derivatives are reported. Long-wavelength absorption and the efficiency of fluorescence and O₂(¹∆g) sensitization qualify most of these porphycenes as potential photodynamic therapy agents (so-called second-generation sensitizers), unless steric or electronic effects by substitution perturb the parent aromatic 18 π system.