Photochemical Synthesis of Antitumor Platinum Pyrimidine Greens; Possible Contribution of Singlet Oxygen

Yohmei Okuno, Takenori Tomohiro, Takayuki Inoue, Osamu Yonemitsu, Tarja Laitalainen

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Abstract

A method is given for the selective synthesis of antitumor platinum greens in a reaction of the hydrolysis products of cis-diiododiammineplatinum (II) and nucleosides via visible-light induced oxidation. A role of singlet oxygen in the green formation is indicated by the sensitized reactions with methylene blue and rose bengal and by experimental quenching of singlet oxygen with 1,4-diaza-bicyclooctane (DABCO).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3074-3077
Number of pages4
JournalChemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
Volume35
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1987

Keywords

  • DABCO quenching
  • antitumor activity
  • photosensitized reaction
  • platinum pyrimidine green
  • singlet oxygen

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • Drug Discovery

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