The investigation of photochemical reaction of phototoxic antimalarial compounds

The goal of this research is to provide information that will lead to the development of new non-phototoxic antimalarial compounds. The goal was approached by first learning the chemical mechanism of phototoxicity of six representative compounds 1a-f: a[(diethyl-, -dihexyl-, and -dioctyl- aminomethyl)]-2-(3', 4' -dichlorophenyl)-6-methoxy-4-quinolinemethanol (1a, 1b, and 1c) and .alpha. [(diethyl-, -dibutyl-, and -dihexyl-aminomethyl)]-2-(-4'-methoxyphenyl-6-methoxy-7-chloro-4-quinolinemethan ol (1d, 1e, and 1f). The photochemical reaction of these compounds was investigated in 2-propanol. Similar photochemical fragmentation reactions accurred in all compounds.