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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2011
K. Eszter Borbas, Stockholm, SE;
Jonathan S. Lindsey, Raleigh, NC (US);
K. Eszter Borbas, Stockholm, SE;
Jonathan S. Lindsey, Raleigh, NC (US);
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
Porphyrinic compounds that contain solubilizing groups are described, along with methods of making and using the same and compositions comprising such compounds. Examples of such compounds include compounds compounds of Formula I: wherein: Z is a porphyrinic macrocycle, Alkand Alkare each independently an alkylidene chain; L is a linking group or is absent; Ris preferably an ionic group or polar group; Ris an ionic group, polar group, bioconjugatable group, or targeting group; Ris present or absent and when present is a halo group, bioconjugatable group, or targeting group, n is O or 1 (that is, the CH group is present, or Alkand Alkare bonded directly to a carbon of the porphyrinic macrocycle Z); or a salt thereof.