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	~~~ EFFECTS OF ABSORBTION OF PHOTON ENERGY ~~~
BOND TYPES:    RESULTS:                           EQUATIONS:
sigma          scattering                         X--X --> X* + e- + X+
sigma          anti bonding                       X--X --> X* + X*
pi             singlet to triplet                 X==X  <-->  *X--X*
pi             singlet to triplet to new sigmas  *X--X*  +  2Y  -->
                (photochemical rearrangement)              Y--X--X--Y
pi             photoreduction                    *X--X*  +  2AOH  -->
                                                 HX--XH  +  2AO*
conjugated pi  singlets to resonant triplets      X==X--X==X -->
                                                          *X--X==X--X*
conjugated pi  singlet to triplet to sigmas      *X--X==X--X* + 2Y -->
                (complex rearrangements)       Y--X--X==X--X--Y
conjugated pi  photoreduction                    *X--X==X--X* + 2AOH -->
                                                 HX--X==X--XH + 2AO*
oxygen         low energy triplet to high        *O--O* --> [*O--O*]
oxygen         low energy triplet to singlet     *O--O* -->  O==O
oxygen         activated dye plus triplet        *X--X*  +  *O--O*  <-->
               oxygen to both singlets            X==X   +   O==O

    ~~~  MECHANISMS  OF  SINGLET  OXYGEN  PRODUCTION  ~~~

By Oxidation: 
	-OO*  +  Fe+++  --->  O=O  +  Fe++ 
	HOOH  +  ClO-   --->  O=O  +  HOH  +  Cl- 
By Direct Photoactivation: 
	*OO*  +  hv  --->  O=O 
By Indirect Photoactivation Of A Dye: 
	 X=X  +  hv  ---> *X-X* 
	*X-X* + *OO* --->  X=X  +  O=O 

    ~~~ ADDITION  REACTIONS  OF  SINGLET  OXYGEN ~~~

1)  Endoperoxide formation         /O-O\
        O==O + -C==C--C==C-  --> -C     C-
                                   \C=C/

2)  Dioxetane formation     O--O       O     O
        O==O + -C==C-  -->  |  |  -->  || + ||
                H  H       -C--C-     -C     C-
                            H  H       H     H

3)  Lipid peroxide formation    OOH
                      H         |
        O==O + -C==C--C-  -->  -C--C==C-
                H  H  H         H  H  H

4)  Conversion of phenols to quinones
HO-@ + O=O --> HO-@-OO --> O=@-OOH --> O=@=O + HOH
                   \H         \H

               ~~~ COMBINED  OXIDATIVE  EFFECTS  OF  UVBIT ~~~
1)  Photoreduction          *  *              H  H
    uv + -X==X- + 2AOH --> -X--X- + 2AOH --> -X--X- + 2(AO*)
2)  Singlet oxygen production *  *
    uv + -X==X- + *OO*  -->  -X--X- + *OO* --> -X==X- + O=O
    O=O  +  @  -->  @OO  -->  @  +  O=O
3)  Dioxetane rearrangment to aldehydes
                          O--O
    O=O + R-C==C-R' --> R-C--C-R' --> R-C=O + O=C-R'
            H  H          H  H          H       H
4)  Lipid peroxide production and reductive removal
    O=O + LH --> LOOH
    2(GSH) + LOOH --> GSSG + LOH + HOH
5)  Quinone production and redox cycling of quinone
    O=O + HO-@ --> O=@=O + HOH
    XH2 + Q + *OO* --> *XH + *QH + *OO* --> *XH + Q + HOO*
6)  Theoretic cyclo-oxygenation of docosoids which trigger
    synthesis of nitric oxide     /O-O\
    O=O   +   -C=C-C=C-   -->   -C-C=C-C- 

	~~~  QUENCHING  OF  SINGLET  OXYGEN  ~~~
Singlet oxygen production by dye activation:
                              *  *
      uv + -X==X- + *OO* --> -X--X- + *OO* --> -X=X- + O=O
Quenching of singlet oxygen by energy loss to pi bond:
                               *  *
      O=O + -Y==Y- --> *OO* + -Y--Y-
The more extensively conjugated a system of pi bonds,
  the more active a quencher of singlet oxygen it is.
Beta-carotene is the most famous example baring eleven:

      CH3       CH3     CH3             2(CH3)C-C-C-C
       \        |       |                      \   /
        C=C-C=C-C=C-C=C-C=C-C=C-C=C-C=C-C=C-C=C-C=C
       /   \                      |       |        \
      C-C-C-C2(CH3)2              CH3     CH3       CH3

Numerous aromatic compounds can do the same being
  extensively conjugated.

	~~~  HOMOLOGY  AMONG  ARYL  AMINES  ~~~

    ANILINES:            PABA:           SULFONAMIDES:

      HNH                 HNH                 HNH
       |                   |                   |
       C                   C                   C
     //  \               //  \               //  \
  HC       CH         HC       CH         HC       CH
   |      ||           |      ||           |      || 
  HC       CH         HC       CH         HC       CH
     \\  /               \\  /               \\  /
       C                   C                   C
       |                   |                   |
       R                   COOH              O=S=O
                                               |
                                              HN-R

    ~~~ HOW SULFA DRUGS MIGHT DEFEAT THE BENEFITS 
        OF ULTRAVIOLET BLOOD IRRADIATION THERAPY ~~~

1)   Quenching of Singlet Oxygen:

 NH2-@-SO2-NHR  +  O=O  --->  NH2-*@*-SO2-NHR  +  *OO*

2)   Reduction of Some of the Oxidants Produced:

 NH2-@-SO2-NHR  +  *X--X*  ---> *NH-@-SO2-NHR  +  HX--X*

3)   Imine Formation with Carbonyl Compounds:
  \                            \
   C=O  +  NH2-@-SO2-NHR  --->  C=N-@-SO2-NHR  +  HOH
  /                            /
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