A new member of the oxygen-photosensitizers family: a water-soluble polymer binding a platinum complex.

A new member of the oxygen-photosensitizers family: a water-soluble polymer binding a platinum complex.

Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) (2012-08-14)

Loredana Ricciardi, Francesco Puoci, Giuseppe Cirillo, Massimo La Deda

ABSTRACT

The grafting of a 2-picolylamine Pt(II) complex into polymethacrylic acid has been successfully performed. The obtained polymer is water soluble, and it represents the first example of a platinum-containing polymer able to photogenerate singlet oxygen.

MATERIALS

Product Number

Brand

Product Description

674044

Sigma-Aldrich

Poly(methacrylic acid, sodium salt) solution, average M_w 4,000-6,000, 40 wt. % in H₂O

434507

Sigma-Aldrich

Poly(methacrylic acid, sodium salt) solution, average M_n ~5,400, average M_w ~9,500 by GPC, 30 wt. % in H₂O