Publication number: 20070015742
Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): Formula (I) wherein one or two of A, B, C and D are each independently selected from S, O, Se and Te, and the remainder are N; a, b, c and d are each independently substituted or unsubstituted 5-membered heterocyclic groups having the members necessary to complete a porphyrin, chlorin, bacteriochlorin or isobacteriochlorin nucleus in which one or two of the nitrogens are replaced by S, O, Se or Te; M is H or a metal; R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently selected from: H; alkyl; cycloalkyl; halogen; aryl or heteroaryl, each of which may be optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from OH, CN, CF3, alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl, halogen, an isothiocyanate group, a haloacetamide, maleimide, NH2, NO2, CONH2, COOH, COO-alkyl, —OZ, —COOZ, a polyethylene glycol group, an alkyl sulfonate group, an alkyl-COOH group, a substituted or unsubstituted benzyl group, a sugar derivative, —C?C—(CH2)pCO2R10, where R10 is H or alkyl, and O(CH2)rCOR11,
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 26, 2004
Publication date:
January 18, 2007
Inventor:
Gokhan Yahioglu
Publication number: 20060293249
Abstract: A compound of formula I is disclosed: wherein each R1 is independently wherein W is an aryl, alkyl or heteroaryl group, each of which may be independently and optionally substituted by one or more of: OH, halogen, an isothiocyanate group, a haloacetamide, maleimide, COOH, NO2, NH2, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, (CO)n(O)mZ, a polyethylene glycol group, an alkyl sulfonate group, an alkyl-COOH group, a substituted or unsubstituted benzyl group, or a sugar derivative; R2 is H, a halogen, an isothiocyanate group, a haloacetamide, maleimide, Y-aryl or Y-heteroaryl, where Y is O, S, NH, C(O) or CO2, and where said aryl or heteroaryl group may be optionally substituted by one or more of: OH, halogen, an isothiocyanate group, a haloacetamide, maleimide, COOH, NO2, NH2, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, (CO)n?(O)m?Z?, a polyethylene glycol group, an alkyl sulfonate group, an alkyl-COOH group, a substituted or unsubstituted benzyl group, or a sugar derivative; Z and Z? are each independently silicon-containing protecti
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 23, 2005
Publication date:
December 28, 2006
Inventors:
Gokhan Yahioglu, Delisa Garcia