摘要:
(GRAPHICS)Photosensitizers; are useful for the study of one-electron oxidation of DNA. Most such photosensitizers; absorb light in the UV spectral region. We report the synthesis and investigation of a 5,12-naphthacenedione (TO) derivative as a DNA photosensitizer. Irradiation of a TQ-linked duplex with visible light results in reaction of the DNA that is characteristic of one-electron oxidation. The results from TO sensitization are identical, within experimental error, with that of a well-studied anthraquinone derivative.