Volume 71, Issue 1 pp. 12-19
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Mechanistic and Kinetic Aspects of Photosensitization in the Presence of Oxygen §

Charles Tanielian

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Charles Tanielian

Laboratoire de Photochimie, Ecole Européenne de Chimie Polymères et Matériaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

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Robert Mechin

Robert Mechin

Laboratoire de Photochimie, Ecole Européenne de Chimie Polymères et Matériaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

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Rachid Seghrouchni

Rachid Seghrouchni

Laboratoire de Photochimie, Ecole Européenne de Chimie Polymères et Matériaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

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Claude Schweitzer

Claude Schweitzer

Laboratoire de Photochimie, Ecole Européenne de Chimie Polymères et Matériaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

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First published: 01 May 2007
Citations: 4

This article was part of the Symposium-in-Print published in October 1999 but could not meet publication schedule.

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This paper is dedicated to Professor Christopher Foote on the occasion of his 65th birthday and in recognition of his decisive contribution to this subject.

ABSTRACT

Determining whether the first step of photooxygenation is Type I or Type II is a necessary prerequisite in order to establish the mechanism of photodynamic action. But this distinction is not sufficient, because other processes, both consecutive and competitive, commonly participate in the overall mechanism. Thus, in both Type I and Type II reactions, the initial products are often peroxides that can break down and induce free radical reactions. These aspects of photosensitization are discussed and illustrated by sensitizer/substrate systems involving (1) only radical reactions (decatungstate/alkane) and (2) reactions of singlet oxygen occurring in competitive and consecutive processes and possibly followed by radical reactions (methylene blue/2′-deoxyguanosine). Two other previously investigated systems involving, respectively, a Type II interaction followed by radical processes (methylene blue/alkene) and Type II reactions, some of which being competitive or consecutive (rose bengal/alkene), are briefly reconsidered.

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