INQUIMAE   12526
INSTITUTO DE QUIMICA, FISICA DE LOS MATERIALES, MEDIOAMBIENTE Y ENERGIA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Ruthenium polypyridyl phototriggers: from beginnings to perspectives
Autor/es:
LEONARDO M ZAYAT; OSCAR FILEVICH; LUIS BARALDO; ROBERTO ETCHENIQUE
Revista:
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
Editorial:
ROYAL SOC
Referencias:
Lugar: Londres; Año: 2012
ISSN:
1364-503X
Resumen:
Octahedral Ru(II)-polypyridyl complexes constitute
a superb platform to devise photoactive triggers
capable of delivering entire molecules in a reliable,
fast, efficient and clean way. Ruthenium coordination
chemistry opens the way to caging a wide range
of molecules, such as amino acids, nucleotides,
neurotransmitters, fluorescent probes and genetic
inducers. Contrary to other phototriggers, these
Ru-based caged-compounds are active with visible
light, and can be photolyzed even at 532nm
(green), enabling the use of simple and inexpensive
equipment. These compounds are also active in twophoton
regime, a property that extends their scope to
systems where IR light must be used to achieve high
precision and penetrability. The state of the art and
the future of ruthenium polypyridyl phototriggers
are discussed, and several new applications are
presented.