We have synthesized symmetrical carbocyanine dyes in which two 4-quinolinium rings are
joined by a pentamethine bridge that is meso-substituted with H or Cl. Irradiation of the …

Here we report the synthesis of seven symmetrical carbocyanine dyes in which two nitrogen-
substituted benz [e] indolium rings are joined by a pentamethine bridge that is meso …

Here, we report the syntheses of two pentamethine cyanine dyes containing quinolinium
rings and substituted with either hydrogen (3) or bromine (4) at the meso carbon. The …

Photosensitized one-electron oxidation of 5-methylcytosine in DNA by 2-methyl-1, 4-
naphthoquinone, attached to 5′-end of an oligodeoxynucleotide strand, produced 5 …

Ammonium-substituted anthraquinone derivatives have been found to catalyze DNA
cleavage upon irradiation with 350 nm light. Picosecond laser spectroscopy demonstrates …

A rhodacyanine dye, 1-ethyl-2-[[3-ethyl-5-(3-methylbenzothiazolin-2-ylidene)-4-
oxothiazolidin-2-ylidene]-methyl] pyridinium chloride (MKT 077, 1) was oxidized by self …

The photobleaching of the cyanine dyes YO and YOYO has been investigated for both free
and DNA-bound dyes, using absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy coupled with …

Direct photooxidation of cyanine dyes was found to be markedly enhanced by formation of
hypsochromically shifted (H) aggregates. Singlet oxygen was found to attack many cyanines …

Differential infrared absorption spectroscopy was used to study the formation of isocyanates
and further photo-products in the oligonucleotides dG10, dC10 and dT10 and in their …

Six carbocyanine dyes have been synthesized and their interactions with DNA have been
investigated for their prospective use as fluorescent markers in molecular biology. The …