The University of Texas System

Pharmacyclics, Inc.

Petra I Sansom

Jonathan L Sessler

Darren Magda

Brent L Iverson

Andrei Andrievsky

Shaun P Crofts

William E Allen

Vincent Lynch

Philip A Gale

Christopher T Brown

Andreas Gebauer

Meredith Wright

Vladimír A Král

Vladim&iacute;r A Kr&aacute;l

John W Genge

The present invention provides calixpyrrole, calixpyridinopyrrole, and calixpyridine macrocycles, having 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 heterocyclic rings, as well as syntheses, derivatives, conjugates, multimers, and solid supports thereof. Such macrocycles have proved to be effective and selective ion- and neutral molecule-binding agents forming supramolecular ensembles, and ion- and neutral molecule-separation agents. The macrocycles are fully meso-non-hydrogen-substituted porphyrinogens, a few molecules of which were previously known but not recognized as possessing anion- or molecule-binding properties. The binding mode is noncovalent, primarily that of hydrogen-bonding, thereby providing a new mode for liquid chromatography, that of Hydrogen Bonding Liquid Chromatography. Further useful applications of the macrocycles provided herein include environmental remediation by removal of undesired ions or neutral molecules, and removal of phosphate for kidney dialysis.

Calixpyrroles

Calixpyrroles, calixpyridinopyrroles and calixpyridines

The invention is directed to a method of incorporating expanded porphyrins, and particularly of incorporating a sapphyrin or a texaphyrin, before, during, or after chemical synthesis of an oligomer to form an expanded porphyrin-oligonucleotide conjugate, and particularly a sapphyrin- or texaphyrin-oligonucleotide conjugate. This method includes reacting derivatized nucleotides and a sapphyrin or a texaphyrin in a desired order in an automated or manual DNA synthesizer having a solid support to form a sapphyrin- or a texaphyrin-oligonucleotide conjugate.

Phosphoramidite derivatives of texaphyrins

Methods of cleavage of a polymer of deoxyribonucleic acid using photosensitive texaphyrins are disclosed. A preferred method of use is the site-specific cleavage of a polymer of deoxyribonucleic acid and a preferred texaphyrin is a derivatized texaphyrin having binding specificity, in particular, a texaphyrin covalently coupled to a site-directing molecule, preferably an oligonucleotide.

DNA photocleavage using texaphyrins

Method of expanded porphyrin-oligonucleotide conjugate synthesis

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