Reduced and quaternized psoralens as photo-activated therapeutics
AssigneesLehigh University, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
InventorsNed D. Heindel, Jeffrey D. Laskin
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Abstract
The invention features phototherapeutic compositions comprising Type 1, Type 2, or Type 3 psoralens and methods of using such compounds for treatment of proliferative diseases of skin, blood and bone marrow.
Claims1
A method of preparing a quaternary amino psoralen substituted in the furan ring, said method including a first step of effecting a selective bromine atom substitution upon a furan-ring methyl in either 4,4',8-trimethylpsoralen or 4,5',8-trimethylpsoralen by reaction with N-bromosuccinimide and benzoyl peroxide, said method also including a second step of aminating the selectively brominated psoralen from step 1 by reaction with tertiary amine.
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