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Cyanine Modification Tuned for Amine Photorelease
Author(s) -
Mathew Joel P.,
Greer Alexander
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
photochemistry and photobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1751-1097
pISSN - 0031-8655
DOI - 10.1111/php.13102
Subject(s) - cyanine , singlet oxygen , chemistry , photochemistry , combinatorial chemistry , xanthene , aryl , amine gas treating , conjugate , fluorescence , organic chemistry , oxygen , mathematical analysis , physics , alkyl , mathematics , quantum mechanics
Cyanines are emerging as useful agents for photoreleasing biological compounds because of their capability of utilizing near-infrared (NIR) light. Another benefit is their ability to self-sensitize to produce singlet oxygen for the release of aryl amines, a process that has not been as feasible in the past. Here, we highlight the paper by Schnermann et al. (https://doi.org/10.1111/php.13090), which reports on a cyanine conjugate for heterolytic photocleavage of aryl amines. This paper is timely-delving into a photorelease mechanism involving a domino rearrangement and β-elimination triggered by NIR light.