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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 25, Issue 18, Pages 13004-13011Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d2cp04888d
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Heavy elements and some nitroimidazoles both exhibit radiosensitizing properties. By studying the gas-phase photodissociation of brominated nitroimidazoles, we found that these samples released potentially radiosensitizing fragments. The substitution of heavy elements in nitroimidazoles appears to be a viable approach for developing new potent radiosensitizer drugs.
Heavy elements and some nitroimidazoles both exhibit radiosensitizing properties through different mechanisms. In an effort to see how the overall radiosensitivity might be affected when the two radiosensitizers are combined in the same molecule, we studied the gas-phase photodissociation of two brominated nitroimidazoles and a bromine-free reference sample. Synchrotron radiation was employed to initiate the photodynamics and energy-resolved multiparticle coincidence spectroscopy was used to study the ensuing dissociation. We observed the brominated samples releasing high amounts of potentially radiosensitizing fragments upon dissociation. Since bromination also increases the likelihood of the drug molecule being ionised per a given X-ray dose, we conclude that heavy-element substitution of nitroimidazoles appears to be a viable path towards new, potent radiosensitizer drugs.
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