Fiat Lux : the synthesis and manipulation of molecular scaffolds for photodynamic therapy and light-harvesting arrays

Abstract

Molecular scaffolds are an emerging paradigm that offers chemists the use of preformed chemical structures that can be manipulated structurally and synthetically for use in a plethora of applications. The goal of the research discussed herein was to develop new methodologies for the synthesis and manipulation of either new or preformed molecular scaffolds for PDT and light-harvesting technologies. It was hoped to implement techniques and synthetic strategies previously developed in house in the Senge lab, in concert with the development of new pathways for the installation of biologically and photophysically interesting molecules.