Psoralens
US4124598A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 20, 1976 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07H21/00
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
New psoralen compounds have been synthesized. The compounds all include the addition of substituent groups at the 4' position on the basic trioxsalen structure. Specifically, the compounds have the structure: ##STR1## wherein X may be any desired substituent such as halogenated alkyls, alcohols, ethers, aminoalkyls, etc. The new substituted psoralens exhibit high solubility in aqueous solution and low dissociation constants from deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), as well as a reactivity with ribonucleic acids (RNA). Such psoralen compounds find use in the study of secondary structures of nucleic acids; as inhibitors of RNA replication; in the inactivation of viruses; and in the photo chemotherapy of psoriasis.
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