Merbromin (mercurochrome)--a photosensitizer for singlet oxygen reactions.
Merbromin, produced in many countries and used world wide as an antiseptic under the trademark "mercurochrome", is shown to be an efficient sensitizer for type II (singlet oxygen) photo-oxygenations by using 2-methyl-2-butene, (+)-limonene, (+)-alpha-pinene, alpha,alpha'-dimethylstilbenes and (--)-L-methionine as oxygen acceptors. Type I photo-oxygenations are negligible. An estimate of the quantum yield of singlet oxygen formation by merbromin in methanol gives a value of about 0.1.
Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität München, F.R.G.
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D053138:Cyclohexenes; D005452:Fluoresceins; D008027:Light; D000077222:Limonene; D008622:Merbromin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D000432:Methanol; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010100:Oxygen; D010777:Photochemistry; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents; D026082:Singlet Oxygen; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013729:Terpenes
D053138:Cyclohexenes; D005452:Fluoresceins; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents; D013729:Terpenes; D026082:Singlet Oxygen; D000077222:Limonene; D008622:Merbromin; D010100:Oxygen; D000432:Methanol