PHTHALOCYANINE AND NAPHTHALOCYANINE PHOTOSENSITIZED OXIDATION OF 2′‐DEOXYGUANOSINE

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Abstract— The photodynamic properties of the di‐and tetrasulfonated zinc and aluminium phthalocyanines and a tetrasulfonated aluminium napththalocyanine were studied using 2′‐deoxyguanosine as a DNA model compound. The major photooxidation products of this nucleoside were identified and classified according to their formation through a radical mechanism (type I) or a singlet oxygen mediated mechanism (type II). The major type I product was obtained and identified as 2,2‐diamino [(2‐deoxy‐β‐d‐erythropentofuranosyl)‐4‐amino]‐5(2H)‐oxazolone. Two major type II products were characterized as the 4R* and 4S* diastereomers of 9‐(2‐deoxy‐β‐d‐erythropentofuranosyl)‐7,8‐dihydro‐4‐hydroxy‐8‐oxoguanine. In addition a third product, also resulting from a type II photooxidation, was identified as 8‐oxo‐7,8‐dihydro‐2′‐deoxyguanosine. Quantification of these products provided a means to estimate the contribution of type I and type II pathways during the phthalocyanine and naphthalocyanine mediated photooxidation of 2′‐deoxyguanosine, confirming the major role of singlet oxygen in these processes.

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