A pyrene dihydrodioxin with pyridinium "arms": A photochemically active DNA cleaving agent with unusual duplex stabilizing and electron trapping properties

Emil F. Khisamutdinov, Alexei E. Shamaev, Kanykey E. Karabaeva, Andrey S. Mereshchenko, Maxim S. Panov, Rabahalsulami, Phillip A. Boda, Neocles B. Leontis, Alexander N. Tarnovsky, R. Marshall Wilson

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)131-146
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry
Volume307-308
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 21 2015

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • General Physics and Astronomy

Keywords

  • Autocatalytic quinone release
  • Dipyridinium-electron complex
  • DNA binding agents
  • Photochemical DNA cleavage
  • Pyrene dihydrodioxin
  • Schönberg-Mustafa reaction

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