PubMed · 13714418
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H E HIMWICH. 1961. Experiments with alpha-methyltryptamine.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13714418/
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A novel synthetic approach to diversely functionalized indoles is described. Boc-protected ortho-aminostyrenes undergo an alkyllithium addition reaction, thereby generating a lithiated intermediate, which upon reaction with specific electrophiles sets up a cascade reaction process between the reacted electrophile and ortho-amino substituent, facilitating an in situ ring closure, followed by dehydration, to generate an indole ring system. This methodology is demonstrated by the synthesis of a range of 3,5-, 1,3,5-, and 2,3,5-substituted indoles.
A range of lipo- and hydrophilic derivatives of the new class of octaalkynyl tetra-[6,7]-quinoxalinoporphyrazines (TQuiPors), analogues of the naphthalocyanines, were prepared in two steps starting from functionalised hexa-1,5-diyne-3,4-diones. Divalent zinc and magnesium ions were introduced into the macrocyclic core. Whereas the triisopropylsilyl-, 3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl- and 4-triisopropylsilyloxyphenyl-terminated acetylenic TQuiPors are lipophilic and hence soluble in standard organic solvents, a polyethylene glycol-substituted derivative was found to dissolve in DMSO as well as in ethanol/water mixtures. The new chromophores are characterised by intense UV/Vis/NIR absorptions, most notably by bands at 770 nm with extinction coefficients exceeding 500 000 M(-1) cm(-1). With a view to possible photodynamic therapy applications, the potency of the chromophores to sensitise the formation of singlet oxygen was examined, both qualitatively using a 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran assay, and quantitatively by the determination of the singlet oxygen quantum yields. It was found that all TQuiPors produce singlet oxygen when irradiated in the presence of air. In particular, the octaalkynyl Zn-TQuiPor generates singlet oxygen with a quantum yield of 56 %, thereby rivalling, and, in conjunction with its absorption profile, even exceeding the standards set by established PDT agents. The photostabilities of the TQuiPors were assessed and generally found to be satisfactory, but dependent on the solvent and the wavelength of the incident light.
The interpretation of room temperature phosphorescence studies of proteins requires an understanding of the mechanisms governing the tryptophan triplet-state lifetimes of residues fully exposed to solvent and those deeply buried in the hydrophobic core of proteins. Since solvents exposed tryptophans are expected to behave similarly to indole free in solution, it is important to have an accurate measure of the triplet state lifetime of indole in aqueous solution. Using photon counting techniques and low optical fluence (J/cm(2)), we observed the triplet-state lifetime of aqueous, deoxygenated indole and several indole derivatives to be approximately 40 micros, closely matching the previous reports by Bent and Hayon based on flash photolysis (12 micros; Bent, D. V.; Hayon, E. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1975, 97, 2612-2619) but much shorter than the 1.2 ms lifetime observed more recently (Strambini, G. B.; Gonnelli, M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 7646-7651). However, we have now been able to reproduce the long lifetime reported by the latter workers for aqueous indole solutions and show that it likely arises from geminate recombination of the indole radical cation and solvated electron, a conclusion based on studies of the indole radical cation in water (Bent and Hayon, 1975). The evidence for this comes from a fast rise in the phosphorescence emission and measurements of a corresponding enhanced quantum yield in unbuffered solutions. This species can be readily quenched, and the corresponding fast rise disappears, leaving a monoexponential 40 micros decay, which we argue is the true indole triplet lifetime. The work is put in the context of room temperature phosphorescence studies of proteins.