p-Pyridinyl oxime carbamates: synthesis, DNA binding, DNA photocleaving activity and theoretical photodegradation studies

• Panagiotis S. Gritzapis,
• Panayiotis C. Varras,
• Nikolaos-Panagiotis Andreou,
• Katerina R. Katsani,
• Konstantinos Dafnopoulos,
• George Psomas,
• Zisis V. Peitsinis,
• Alexandros E. Koumbis and
• Konstantina C. Fylaktakidou

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 337–350, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.33

• DNA-photocleavers, and are proposed as new leads for “on demand” biotechnological applications in drug discovery and medicine. Keywords: DNA binding; DNA photocleavage; N–O homolysis; oxime carbamates; photocleavage agents; Introduction Small organic molecules able to bind DNA provide promises for

• radicals are also produced from 2-(1-naphthylmethyl)imidazoline [35], whereas acylaminyl radicals [R(COR)N∙] are formed from the photocleavage of the N–O bond of N,O-diacyl-N-phenylhydroxylamines, along with a carbonyloxyl radical [38]. The photochemistry of O-carbamoyl oximes (or oxime carbamates) is well

• studied. These compounds are categorized as highly photoreactive photobase generators (PBGs), providing amines upon rapid decarboxylation of the initially formed carbamoyloxyl radicals (R2NCOO∙) [49][50][51][52][53]. To the best of our knowledge oxime carbamates have never been photocleaved in the