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Acridinyl methyl esters as photoactive precursors in the release of neurotransmitter amino acids
| Resumo: | An investigation of the use of an azaheterocycle, acridine, as an alternative photochemically removable protecting group for the carboxylic function of neurotransmitter amino acids was carried out. 9-Bromomethylacridine was used in the reaction with glycine, alanine, glutamic acid, β-alanine and γ-aminobutyric acid, to obtain model ester derivatives, which were irradiated at different wavelengths in a photochemical reactor. The process was followed by HPLC/UV, resulting in the release of the active molecule in short irradiation times. The results obtained using 419 nm irradiation show promise (35-98 min) for practical purposes. The compounds were further characterised via time-resolved fluorescence to elucidate their photophysical properties and determine the decay kinetics. |
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| Autores principais: | Piloto, Ana M. |
| Outros Autores: | Hungerford, Graham; Costa, Susana P. G.; Gonçalves, M. Sameiro T. |
| Assunto: | Acridinyl methyl esters Photocleavable protecting groups Neurotransmitters Amino acids Caged compounds |
| Ano: | 2013 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | An investigation of the use of an azaheterocycle, acridine, as an alternative photochemically removable protecting group for the carboxylic function of neurotransmitter amino acids was carried out. 9-Bromomethylacridine was used in the reaction with glycine, alanine, glutamic acid, β-alanine and γ-aminobutyric acid, to obtain model ester derivatives, which were irradiated at different wavelengths in a photochemical reactor. The process was followed by HPLC/UV, resulting in the release of the active molecule in short irradiation times. The results obtained using 419 nm irradiation show promise (35-98 min) for practical purposes. The compounds were further characterised via time-resolved fluorescence to elucidate their photophysical properties and determine the decay kinetics. |
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