Person: Moya Cerero, Santiago De La
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Santiago De La
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Moya Cerero
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Ciencias Químicas
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Química Orgánica
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Química Orgánica
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Item Easy and accurate computation of energy barriers for carbocation solvation: an expeditious tool to face carbocation chemistry(Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023) García Martínez, Antonio; Siehl, Hans-Ulrich; Moya Cerero, Santiago De La; Gómez Calzada, Pedro CarlosAn expeditious procedure for the challenging computation of the free energy barriers (DGa) for the solvation of carbocations is presented. This procedure is based on Marcus Theory (MT) and the popular B3LYP/6-31G(d)// PCM method, and it allows the easy, accurate and inexpensive prediction of these barriers for carbocations of very different stability. This method was validated by the fair mean absolute error (ca. 1.5 kcal mol1 ) achieved in the prediction of 19 known experimental barriers covering a range of ca. 50 kcal mol1 . Interestingly, the new procedure also uses an original method for the calculation of the required inner reorganization energy (Li ) and free energy of reaction (DG). This procedure should pave the way to face computationally the pivotal issue of carbocation chemistry and could be easily extended to any bimolecular organic reaction.Item Development of Geometry-Controlled All-Orthogonal BODIPY Trimers for Photodynamic Therapy and Phototheragnosis(Organic Letters, 2022) Prieto Castañeda, Alejandro; García Garrido, Fernando; Díaz Norambuena, Carolina; Escriche Navarro, Blanca; García Fernández, Alba; Bañuelos, Jorge; Rebollar, Esther; García Moreno, Inmaculada; Martínez Máñez, Ramón; Moya Cerero, Santiago De La; Rodríguez Agarrabeitia, Antonia; Ortiz García, María JosefaWe have established an easy synthetic protocol for selectively developing all-orthogonal BODIPY trimers with unprecedented geometries on the basis of selecting methyl oxidation versus electrophilic formylation of key dimeric precursors. Photophysical characterization together with biological assays unraveled the most suitable BODIPY−BODIPY geometrical arrangements within the trimer, forcing them to serve as molecular platforms for the development of new, advanced heavy-atom-free photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy and phototheragnosis.Item Formylation as a Chemical Tool to Modulate the Performance of Photosensitizers Based on Boron Dipyrromethene Dimers(International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023) Díaz Norambuena, Carolina; Avellanal Zaballa, Edurne; Prieto Castañeda, Alejandro; Bañuelos, Jorge; de la Moya, Santiago; Rodríguez Agarrabeitia, Antonia; Moya Cerero, Santiago De La; Ortiz, María J.Heavy-atom-free photosensitizers are envisioned as the next generation of photoactive molecules for photo-theragnosis. In this approach, and after suitable irradiation, a single molecular scaffold is able to visualize and kill tumour cells by fluorescence signalling and photodynamic therapy (PDT), respectively, with minimal side effects. In this regard, BODIPY-based orthogonal dimers have irrupted as suitable candidates for this aim. Herein, we analyse the photophysical properties of a set of formyl-functionalized BODIPY dimers to ascertain their suitability as fluorescent photosensitizers. The conducted computationally aided spectroscopic study determined that the fluorescence/singlet oxygen generation dual performance of these valuable BODIPY dimers not only depends on the BODIPY-BODIPY linkage and the steric hindrance around it, but also can be modulated by proper formyl functionalization at specific chromophoric positions. Thus, we propose regioselective formylation as an effective tool to modulate such a delicate photonic balance in BODIPY-based dimeric photosensitizers. The taming of the excited-state dynamics, in particular intramolecular charge transfer as the key underlying process mediating fluorescence deactivation vs. intersystem crossing increasing, could serve to increase fluorescence for brighter bioimaging, enhance the generation of singlet oxygen for killing activity, or balance both for photo-theragnosis.Item Easy and accurate computation of energy barriers for carbocation solvation: an expeditious tool to face carbocation chemistry(Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023) García Martínez, Antonio; Siehl, Hans-Ulrich; Moya Cerero, Santiago De La; Gómez Calzada, Pedro CarlosAn expeditious procedure for the challenging computation of the free energy barriers (DGa) for the solvation of carbocations is presented. This procedure is based on Marcus Theory (MT) and the popular B3LYP/6-31G(d)// PCM method, and it allows the easy, accurate and inexpensive prediction of these barriers for carbocations of very different stability. This method was validated by the fair mean absolute error (ca. 1.5 kcal mol1 ) achieved in the prediction of 19 known experimental barriers covering a range of ca. 50 kcal mol1 . Interestingly, the new procedure also uses an original method for the calculation of the required inner reorganization energy (Li ) and free energy of reaction (DG). This procedure should pave the way to face computationally the pivotal issue of carbocation chemistry and could be easily extended to any bimolecular organic reaction.Item Polar ammoniostyryls easily converting a clickable Q1 lipophilic BODIPY in an advanced plasma membrane probe†(Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2023) Serrano-Buitrago, Sergio; Muñoz Úbeda, Mónica; Almendro Vedia, Víctor Galileo; Sánchez-Camacho, Juan; Lora Maroto, Beatriz; Moreno, Florencio; Bañuelos, Jorge; García-Moreno, Inmaculada; López Montero, Iván; Moya Cerero, Santiago De La; Moreno Jiménez, FlorencioA very simple, small and symmetric, but highly bright, photostable and functionalizable molecular probe for plasma membrane (PM) has been developed from an accessible, lipophilic and clickable organic dye based on BODIPY. To this aim, two lateral polar ammoniostyryl groups were easily linked to increase the amphiphilicity of the probe and thus its lipid membrane partitioning. Compared to the BODIPY precursor, the transversal diffusion across lipid bilayers of the ammoniostyryled BODIPY probe was highly reduced, as evidenced by fluorescence confocal microscopy on model membranes built up as giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs). Moreover, the ammoniostyryl groups endow the new BODIPY probe with the ability to optically work (excitation and emission) in the bioimaging-useful red region, as shown by staining of the plasma membrane of living mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs). Upon incubation, this fluorescent probe rapidly entered the cell through the endosomal pathway. By blocking the endocytic trafficking at 4 °C, the probe was confined within the PM of MEFs. Our experiments show the developed ammoniostyrylated BODIPY as a suitable PM fluorescent probe, and confirm the synthetic approach for advancing PM probes, imaging and science.Item Dissimilar-at-boron N-BODIPYs: from light-harvesting multichromophoric arrays to CPL-bright chiral-at-boron BODIPYs(Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2023) Ray, César; Avellanal-Zaballa, Edurne; Muñoz Úbeda, Mónica; Colligan, Jessica; Moreno Jiménez, Florencio; Muller, Gilles ; López Montero, Iván; Bañuelos, Jorge; Lora Maroto, Beatriz; Moya Cerero, Santiago De LaWe report a workable and easy approach for the direct post-multifunctionalization of common BODIPYs (F-BODIPYs) with minimal interference to the starting photophysical behavior. It entails the easy transformation of an F-BODIPY into the corresponding N-BODIPY by using a dissimilarly-N,N′-disubstituted bis(sulfonamide), which is easily obtained from ethane-1,2-diamine. This approach is exemplified by the rapid synthesis of a selected battery of unprecedented dissimilar-at-boron N-BODIPYs, which are rationally designed to act as efficient multichromophoric arrays for light harvesting by excitation energy transfer, as specific bioprobes for fluorescent imaging, or as efficient chiroptical dyes exhibiting visible circular dichroism and circularly polarized luminescence. Noticeably, this approach has led to the synthesis of the first CPL-bright chiral-at-boron BODIPYs, a significant novelty in BODIPY chemistry and CPL emitters