Person: Rodríguez Agarrabeitia, Antonia
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First Name
Antonia
Last Name
Rodríguez Agarrabeitia
Affiliation
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Faculty / Institute
Óptica y Optometría
Department
Química Orgánica
Area
Química Orgánica
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Item Unprecedented induced axial chirality in a molecular BODIPY dye: strongly bisignated electronic circular dichroism in the visible region(Chemical Communications, 2013) Márquez Sánchez-Carnerero, Esther María; Moreno Jiménez, Florencio; Lora Maroto, Beatriz; Rodríguez Agarrabeitia, Antonia; Bañuelos Prieto, Jorge; Arbeloa, Teresa; López Arbeloa, Íñigo María; Ortíz García, María Josefa; Moya Cerero, Santiago de laEnantiomeric bis(BODIPYs) 1a and 1b exhibit strong bisignated ECD due to the formation of a stable helical conformation with induced axial chirality, which allows efficient excito coupling of the BODIPY chromophores in the Vis region.Item Exploring BODIPY Derivatives as Singlet Oxygen Photosensitizers for PDT(Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2020) Prieto Moreno, Ruth; Prieto Castañeda, Alejandro; Sola Llano, Rebeca; Rodríguez Agarrabeitia, Antonia; García Fresnadillo, David; López Arbeloa, Íñigo María; Villanueva Oroquieta, Ángeles; Ortíz García, María Josefa; Moya Cerero, Santiago de la; Martínez Martínez, VirginiaThis minireview is devoted to honoring the memory of Dr. Thomas Dougherty, a pioneer of modern photodynamic therapy (PDT). It compiles the most important inputs made by our research group since 2012 in the development of new photosensitizers based on BODIPY chromophore which, thanks to the rich BODIPY chemistry, allows a finely tuned design of the photophysical properties of this family of dyes to serve as efficient photosensitizers for the generation of singlet oxygen. These two factors, photophysical tuning and workable chemistry, have turned BODIPY chromophore as one of the most promising dyes for the development of improved photosensitizers for PDT. In this line, this minireview is mainly related to the establishment of chemical methods and structural designs for enabling efficient singlet oxygen generation in BODIPYs. The approaches include the incorporation of heavy atoms, such as halogens (iodine or bromine) in different number and positions on the BODIPY scaffold, and also transition metal atoms, by their complexation with Ir(III) center, for instance. On the other hand, low‐toxicity approaches, without involving heavy metals, have been developed by preparing several orthogonal BODIPY dimers with different substitution patterns. The advantages and drawbacks of all these diverse molecular designs based on BODIPY structural framework are described.Item Halogen-free photosensitizers based on meso-enamine-BODIPYs for bioimaging and photodynamic therapy(Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2022) Prieto Montero, Ruth; Díaz Andrés, Aitor; Prieto Castañeda, Alejandro; Tabero Truchado, Andrea; Longarte Aldama, Asier; Rodríguez Agarrabeitia, Antonia; Villanueva Oroquieta, Ángeles; Ortíz García, María Josefa; Montero Santos, Raul; Casanova, David; Martínez Martínez, VirginiaThe search for efficient heavy atom free photosensitizers (PSs) for photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a very active field. We describe herein a simple and easily accessible molecular design based on the attachment of an enamine group as an electron-donor moiety at the meso position of the BODIPY core with different alkylation patterns. The effect of the alkylation degree and solvent polarity on the photophysical properties in terms of splitting absorption bands, fluorescence efficiencies and singlet oxygen production is analyzed in depth experimentally using spectroscopic techniques, including femtosecond and nanosecond transient absorption (fs- and ns-TA) and using computational simulations based on time-dependent density functional theory. The correlation between the theoretical/experimental results permits the rationalization of the observed photophysical behavior exhibited by meso-enamine-BODIPY compounds and the determination of mechanistic details, which rule the population of the triplet state manifold. The potential applicability as a theragnostic agent for the most promising compound is demonstrated through in vitro assays in HeLa cells by analyzing the internalization, localization and phototoxic action.