Degree Name
MS (Master of Science)
Program
Chemistry
Date of Award
8-2015
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Ismail O. Kady
Committee Members
Marina Roginskaya, Abbas G. Shilabin
Abstract
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) employs photosensitizing drugs for treating cancer. Once introduced into the body and localized in tumor cells, these photosensitizers are irradiated with light to produce active singlet oxygen radicals which kill cancer cells. The current drugs used in PDT have low quantum yield and always require a high energy radiation (normally laser). There is always a need for more effective drugs that have a high quantum yield and can be activated by visible light, in order to eliminate side effects caused by laser radiations.
In this work we synthesized derivatives of phenothiazine and phenothiazinium chromophores from the commercially available phenothiazine (1). These derivatives include: 3,7-dibromophenothiazinium perbromide (2), N-acetyl phenothiazine (5), N-acetyl-3,7-dibromophenothiazine (6), 3,7-dinitrophenothiazine (10), N-acetyl-3,7-dinitrophenothiazine (11), N-acetyl-3,7-diaminophenothiazine (12), thionine chloride (15) and 3,7-phenothiaziniumdinitrile (14). Synthesis of 3,7-phenothiazinium dicarboxylic acid was attempted using 1 and 15 as starting materials by exploring various synthetic routes for carboxylic acids.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Fanah, Selorm J., "Synthesis of Phenothiazinium Derivatives" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 2563. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2563
Copyright
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