Introduction: The Nef accessory protein is an attractive antigenic candidate in the development of HIV-1 DNA- or protein-based vaccines. The most crucial disadvantage of DNA and protein-based vaccines is their low immunogenicity, which can be improved by cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) as effective carrier molecules. Methods: In this study, the HIV-1 Nef protein was generated in the Escherichi...

We report the synthesis of LH2-like supramolecular double- and triple-stranded complexes based upon porphyrin nanorings. Energy transfer from the antenna dimers to the π-conjugated nanoring occurs on a subpicosecond time scale, rivaling transfer rates in natural light-harvesting systems. The presence of a second nanoring acceptor doubles the transfer rate, providing strong evidence for multidir...

The photophysical properties of 6-phenyl-2,2'-bipyridyl platinum(ii) complexes bearing different σ-alkynyl-linked azobenzene ancillary ligands were investigated. These complexes exhibited strong, broad, structureless charge-transfer bands in the visible region, which were red-shifted when the electron-donating ability of the para substituent on the azo-acetylide ligand increased. When excited a...

Amidine-appended ferrocene derivatives form a supramolecular assembly with Ru(ii)(bpy-COOH) (L)22+ complexes (bpy-COOH is 4-CO2H-4'-CH3-bpy and L = bpy, 2,2'-bipyridine or btfmbpy, 4,4'-bis (trifluoromethyl)-2,2'-bipyridine). Steady-state, time-resolved spectroscopy and kinetic isotope effects establish that the metal-to-ligand charge transfer excited states of the Ru(ii) complexes are quenched...

Transfer Excitation Horst Kunkely, Arnd Vogler* Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany Z. Naturforsch. 53 b, 853–855 (1998); received April 12, 1998 Photochemistry, Charge Transfer, Gold Complexes, Cyanide Complexes The irradiation of [Au(CN)2] in oxygen-saturated acetonitrile leads to photooxidation of Au(I). In the presence of additional chloride...

The interaction of the perimidone drug in solution state with the σ-acceptor iodine, the aliphatic π-acceptor tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) and the aromatic π-acceptor 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone (DDQ) have been studied through the initial formation of ionic intermediate to charge transfer (CT) complex in methanol at room temperature. The spectral studies of the complexes were determi...

From a consideration of odd-even intramolecular electron transfer processes in octahedrally co-ordinated transition metal complexes, two relationships have been derived. The first correlation describes 71 —> y3 optical electron transfer bands of the complexes K20sC l6 , K2IrCl6 , K2PtCl6 , K2PtCl4 as a function of the respective 35C1 nuclear quadrupole coupling constants. The second rela­ tions...