• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.153-157
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• 1982

$C_4$-Photocycloaddition of 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) and 5,7-dimethoxycoumarin (DMC) to maleimide was studied in order to elucidate the mechanism of the photobiological activities of these molecules. The photoreaction was carried out in chloroform solution and frozen aqueous solution state. The major product was isolated and characterized by spectroscopic methods. The photoadduct between 8-MOP and maleimide was shown to be an 1:1 $C_4$-cycloadduct through the photocycloaddition of 4',5'-furyl double bond of 8-MOP to maleimide. The stereochemistry of cyclobutane ring of this photoadduct is consistent with the anti configuration. The photoadduct between DMC and maleimide was shown to be an 1:1 $C_4$-cycloadduct through the photocycloaddition of 3,4-pyrone double bond of DMC to maleimide.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.57-60
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• 1989

UV irradiation of anthraquinone and diphenylacetylene in benzene gave 1:1 photoadduct (7) and cyclization product (8). The photoreaction of anthrone and diphenylacetylene in dichloromethane afforded the photooxidation products (7, 8, and 9) in air. The photoproduct (7) underwent the cyclization reaction during the purification by the column chromatography (silica gel). When irradiated with 350 nm UV light, the product (11) of benzil reacted with diphenylacetylene to give a photoadduct(12).

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.506-510
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• 1993

Irradiation of 1,4-diphenylbutadiyne (DPB) with a mixture of electron-deficient and electron-rich olefins in deaerated tetrahydrofuran yields a 1 : 1 primary photoadduct between DPB and electron-deficient olefins. Irradiation of the primary photoadduct of DPB and dimethyl fumarate (DMFu) with various olefins such as DMFu, acrylonitrile (AN), and 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene (DMB) in deaerated tetrahydrofuran yields regiospecific 1 : 1 photoadducts. The electron-deficient olefins are more reactive than electron-rich olefins in the photoreaction which proceeds through excited triplet state.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.153-157
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• 1985

A diacetylene compound, 1,4-diphenyl-1,3-butadiyne, was photolyzed with 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene, 1,4-cyclohexadiene, dimethyl fumarate, and methyl crotonate, as a model reaction of the phototoxic conjugated polyynes with DNA or RNA and [2 + 2] photocycloadducts were obtained except for 1,4-cyclohexadiene. In the photoreaction of 1,4-diphenyl-1,3-butadiyne with 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene, a [2 + 2 + 2] photoadduct was additionally obtained. The photolysis of 1,4-di-t-buyl-1,3-butadiyne with 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene also yielded a [2 + 2] photoadduct. Fluorescence was observed from all the photoadducts while the reactants did not show any fluorescence.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.228-230
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• 1986

Diacetylene compound, 1,4-diphenyl-1,3-butadiyne, was photolyzed with 5-fluorouracil as a model reaction of the phototoxic conjugated poly-ynes with DNA or RNA and obtained a [2 + 2] photocycloadduct. The structure of the photoadduct was determined by spectral methods and compared with the [2 + 2] photoadducts of 1,4-diphenyl-1,3-butadiyne with tetramethylethylene and dimethyl fumarate.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.172-178
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• 1982

A psoralen-DNA monoadduct analogue, 4',5'-dihydropsoralen (DHP) is synthesized and its photophysical properties such as fluorescence quantum yield (0.08), phosphorescence quantum yield (0.013), fluorescence lifetime (0.95ns), and phosphorescence lifetime(0.039s) were measured in ether solution and in frozen matrix state at 77K. The photocycloaddition reaction of DHP with tetramethylethylene(TME) was carried out in solution and in the frozen state. The major photoadduct was isolated and characterized by elemental analysis and physical methods such as UV, IR, NMR, and mass spectrometry. The major DHP-TME photoadduct was proved to be an 1 : 1 $C_4$-cycloadduct formed through 2 + 2 cycloaddition of the pyrone double bond of DHP to TME.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.325-328
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• 1979

trans-1,2-Bispyrazylethylene (BPE) undergoes photoaddition reaction to tetramthylethylene (TME) which appears to involve radical intermediates under conditions where the corresponding hydrocarbons are unreactive. This photoaddition reaction involves abstraction of an allylic hydrogen atom of TME by $^1(n,\;{\pi}^*)$ states of BPE having radical character. The major photoadduct is isolated by column chromatography and fractional vacuum sublimation and characterized to be 2,3-dimetyl-5,6-bispyrazyl-2-hexene.

• BMB Reports
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.421-425
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• 1997

The 4'-aminomethyl-4,5',8-trimethylpsoralen (AMT) has been used as intercalating DNA binding drugs in the photo-chemotherapy of skin diseases. The conformation and stability of DNA octamer duplex, $d(GGGTACCC)_2$, cross-linked with AMT has been studied by NMR spectroscopy. All the proton resonances of the psoralen cross-linked octamer were assigned and meting temperature studies were carried out based on the assignment of the proton resonances. The aromatic proton chemical shift data suggest that the conformation of the helix cross-linked with psoralen is destabilized more to furanside of the psoralen. possibly due to the protrusion of the aminomethyl side chain of the psoralen.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.487-490
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• 1993

A semiempirical methods (PM3-CI-UHF. etc.) for the evaluation of ground and excited state electronic structures of psoralens are applied to angelicin with thymine. The photocycloaddition reaction of angelicin with thymine were deduced to be formed by their preferable HSOMO-LUMO interactions. The photoadduct was inferred to be a C$_{4-}$cycloaddition product with the stereochemistry of cis-anti formed through [2+2] addition reaction between, the 3,4 double bonds of angelicin and the 5,6-double bond of thymine.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.298-300
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• 1987

The theoretical studies on the photocycloaddition reaction of 5,7-dimethoxycoumarin and 4',5'-dihydropsoralen with thymidine were carried out as a model for photosensitizing reaction of psoralen with DNA. The results are in reasonable agreement with experimental observations. The photoadducts between dimethoxycoumarin and thymidine were predicted to be $C_{4}$-cycloadducts through the cycloaddition of 3,4-pyrone double bond of dimethoxycoumarin to 5,6 double bond of thymidine. The major photoadduct of 4',5'-dihydropsoralen with thymidine has the anti head-to-head stereochemistry.