Reductively Induced Catalytic DNA Cleavage of Water Soluble RhIII-Br8TMPyP

Synthesis and applications of rhodium porphyrin complexes

A review on rhodium porphyrin chemistry, ranging from synthesis and properties to reactivity and application.

DNA-Targeted Inhibition of MGMT

The cationic porphyrin 5,10,15,20-tetrakis (diisopropyl-guanidine)-21H,23H-porphine (DIGPor) selectively binds to DNA containing O⁶ -methylguanine (O⁶ -MeG) and inhibits the DNA repair enzyme O⁶ -methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT). The O⁶ -MeG selectivity and MGMT inhibitory activity of DIGPor were improved by incorporating Zn^II into the porphyrin. The resulting metal complex (Zn-DIGPor) potentiated the activity of the DNA-alkylating drug temozolomide in an MGMT-expressing cell line. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first example of DNA-targeted MGMT inhibition.

Selective octabromination of tetraarylporphyrins based on meso-substituent identity: Structural and electrochemical studies

Synthesis and isolation of selectively brominated tetraarylporphyrin derivatives is reported. Treatment with bromine of meso-5,10,15,20-tetrakis(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)porphyrin (1) or meso-5,10,15,20-tetrakis(3,5-di-[Formula: see text]-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)porphinatocopper(II) (2-Cu) yields products octabrominated at the 2,6-positions of meso-aryl substituents [5,10,15,20-tetrakis(2,6-dibromo-3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)porphyrin, [Formula: see text]Br81] or macrocyclic [Formula: see text]-positions. The latter of these ([Formula: see text]-brominated) was identified as the oxoporphyrinogen 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octabromo-5,10,15,20- tetrakis(3,5-di-[Formula: see text]-butyl-4-oxo-cyclohexa-2,5-dienylidene)porphyrinogen 3 obtained due to the adventitious oxidation and demetalation of 2-Cu, which could be alkylated at its macrocyclic nitrogen atoms yielding N[Formula: see text],N[Formula: see text],N[Formula: see text],N[Formula: see text]-tetrakis(4-bromobenzyl)-2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octabromo-5,10,15,20-tetrakis(3,5-di-[Formula: see text]-butyl-4-oxo-cyclo hexa-2,5-dienylidene)porphyrinogen 4. The former compound [Formula: see text]Br81 was complexed with Zn(II) ([Formula: see text]Br81-Zn) or Cu(II) ([Formula: see text]Br81-Cu) and could also be subjected to further bromination yielding 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octabromo-5,10,15,20-tetrakis(2,6-dibromo-3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)porphyrin, Br[Formula: see text]1. The effect on the electrochemical properties of the 2,6-bromophenyl-substituted porphyrin compounds over the more highly brominated products was assessed.