A cyanine dye based supramolecular photosensitizer enabling visible-light-driven organic reaction in water.

Hajime ShigemitsuTomoe TamemotoKei Ohkubo Tadashi Mori Yasuko OsakadaMamoru FujitsukaToshiyuki Kida

Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2021)

We report the aggregation-induced photosensitizing activity of a cyanine dye in water and the mechanism. In addition, using the supramolecular assembly, visible-light-driven photooxidation of hydrophobic aromatic compounds in water was successfully performed.

Keyphrases

visible light
water soluble
photodynamic therapy
ionic liquid