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Abstract The methoxy‐ and fluoro‐derivatives ofmeta‐nitrophenylacetic acid (mNPA) chromophores undergo photodecarboxylation with comparable quantum yields (Φ) to unsubstitutedmNPA, but uncage at red‐shifted excitation wavelengths. This observation prompted us to investigate DPAdeCageOMe (2‐[bis(pyridin‐2‐ylmethyl)amino]‐2‐(4‐methoxy‐3‐nitrophenyl)acetic acid) and DPAdeCageF (2‐[bis(pyridin‐2‐ylmethyl)amino]‐2‐(4‐fluoro‐3‐nitrophenyl)acetic acid) as Zn2+photocages. DPAdeCageOMe has a high Φ and exhibits other photophysical properties comparable to XDPAdeCage ({bis[(2‐pyridyl)methyl]amino}(9‐oxo‐2‐xanthenyl) acetic acid), the best preforming Zn2+photocage reported to date. Since the synthesis of DPAdeCageOMe is more straightforward than XDPACage, the new photocage will be a highly competitive tool for biological applications.
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Isothermal Titration Calorimetry for Characterizing the Zinc(II)‐Binding Properties of Photocaged Complexes with Micromolar Affinity
Abstract MorphDeCage (2‐(4‐methoxy‐3‐nitrophenyl)‐2‐morpholinoacetic acid) and PyrDeCage (2‐(4‐methoxy‐3‐nitrophenyl)‐2‐(methyl(pyridin‐2‐ylmethyl)amino)acetic) are Zn2+photocages that utilize photodecarboxylation of the methoxy derivative ofmeta‐nitrophenylacetic acid as the release mechanism. Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) was used an alternative to usual approaches to measure the Zn2+binding affinities of these new compounds owing to unsuccessful measurement by competitive titration with 4‐(2‐pyridylazo)resorcinol (PAR). MorphDeCage forms a 1 : 1 ligand‐metal complex with a 106 μM Kdvalue. PyrDeCage forms both a 1 : 1 and 1 : 2 metal: ligand complexes with 3.2 and 21.7 μM Kdvalues respectively. To further demonstrate the efficacy of the ITC methodology and provide a comparison to direct UV‐vis titrations data, two photocages based on Sanger's reagent (SRPs) were prepared. The Kdvalues of the SRPs measured by UV‐vis titration and ITC were internally consistent and support the retraction of the original report (J. Am. Chem. Soc.2020,142, 3806–3813), which was withdrawn due to errors in binding affinity measurements.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2004088
- PAR ID:
- 10401419
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Analysis & Sensing
- Volume:
- 3
- Issue:
- 2
- ISSN:
- 2629-2742
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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