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SUBMITTER: Ongarora BG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3269949 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ongarora Benson G BG Hu Xiaoke X Li Hairong H Fronczek Frank R FR Vicente M Graça H MG
MedChemComm 20120101 2
The syntheses, photophysical properties and in vitro biological behavior of a series of nine Zn((II))-phthalocyanines (ZnPcs) bearing one to eight positively-charged trimethylaminophenoxy groups are reported. All ZnPcs are highly soluble in polar organic solvents, and show fluorescence and singlet oxygen quantum yields in the ranges 0.11-0.21 and 0.16-0.47, respectively. The cytotoxicity of the ZnPcs depends on both the number of charges and their site of substitution (α vs. β) on the Pc isoindo ...[more]