N-Aroyloxylthioxo-naphthalimides as DNA photocleavers of aroyloxyl oxygen radicals: Synthesis, evaluation, and substituents' effect

Yufang Xu, Xiayu Huang, Xuhong Qian, Wei Yao

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Abstract

Novel N-Aroyloxylthioxo-naphthalimides as highly efficient 'time-resolved' DNA photocleavers of aroyloxyl radicals type were designed and synthesized. The substituents at the aroyloxyl moiety have an important and unusual influence on the DNA photocleavage, and DNA photodamages of the compounds were unusually not depended on the electronic effects of substituents on the corresponding oxygen-centered radicals. With AM1 semi-empirical quantum calculation, it was found that their photocleaving activities were correlated with the densities of electron clouds on the N-O bonds in the triplet state. N-(m-Dichloro-benzoyloxy) -thioxo-naphthalimide could photodamage DNA effectively at less than the concentration of 2μM.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2335-2341
Number of pages7
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry
Volume12
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Aroyloxylthioxonaphthalimides
  • DNA photocleaver
  • Oxygen centered radical
  • Substituent effect

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