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PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 11, Issue 10, Pages 1558-1566Publisher
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DOI: 10.1039/c2pp25091h
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1-(Hydroxyacetyl)pyrene has been introduced as a new fluorescent phototrigger for alcohols and phenols. Alcohols and phenols were protected as their corresponding carbonate esters by coupling with fluorescent phototrigger, 1-(hydroxyacetyl)pyrene. Photophysical studies of caged carbonates showed that they all exhibited strong fluorescence properties. Irradiation of the caged carbonates by visible light (>= 410 nm) in aqueous acetonitrile released the corresponding alcohols or phenols in high chemical (95-97%) and quantum (0.17-0.21) yields. The mechanism for the photorelease was proposed based on Stern-Volmer quenching experiments and solvent effect studies. Importantly, 1-(hydroxyacetyl)pyrene showed as a phototrigger for rapid photorelease of the biologically active molecule adenosine. In vitro biological studies revealed that 1-(hydroxyacetyl)pyrene has good biocompatibility, cellular uptake property and cell imaging ability.
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