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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2006
George P. Hess, Ithaca, NY (US);
Barry K. Carpenter, Slaterville Springs, NY (US);
Vishakha R. Shembekar, Ithaca, NY (US);
Yongli Chen, Ithaca, NY (US);
George P. Hess, Ithaca, NY (US);
Barry K. Carpenter, Slaterville Springs, NY (US);
Vishakha R. Shembekar, Ithaca, NY (US);
Yongli Chen, Ithaca, NY (US);
Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a photolabile compound including a coumarin family caging group covalently bound to an organic moiety containing a carboxyl group, an amino group, a sulfhydryl group, and/or a hydroxyl group. The photolabile compound, upon absorbing visible light, releases the organic moiety. Also disclosed is a method of making a photolabile compound that releases a biologically active compound upon absorbing visible light by providing an organic moiety and binding a coumarin family caging group to the organic moiety under conditions effective to make the photolabile compound. The present invention also relates to a method of obtaining a biologically active compound in a sample. The method involves adding to a sample a photolabile compound including a coumarin family caging group covalently bound to an organic moiety. The sample is then illuminated with visible light under conditions effective to obtain a biologically active compound including the organic moiety.