RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Synthesis of water-soluble hemicoronenediimides by photocyclization of perylenediimides: Turn-on fluorescent probes in water by complexation with Cucurbit[7]uril or binding to G-quadruplex Motifs A1 Busto Vázquez, Natalia A1 Romero Velásquez, Daisy Carolina A1 Revilla Cuesta, Andrea A1 Abajo Cuadrado, Irene A1 Cuevas Vicario, José Vicente A1 Rodríguez Rodríguez, Mª Teresa A1 García Ruiz, Begoña A1 Torroba Pérez, Tomás K1 Perylenediimides K1 Hemicoronenediimides K1 Photocyclization K1 Nanoparticles K1 G-quadruplex K1 Cucurbituril K1 Cytotoxicity K1 Salud K1 Health K1 Fisiología K1 Physiology K1 Química orgánica K1 Chemistry, Organic AB A new series of perylene and hemicoronene diimides, obtained by visible light photocyclization, are presented,between them some remarkable examples that are soluble in only water, and give nanoparticles by selfassociation. Those compounds work as new fluorescent materials in water by complexation with cucurbit[7]uril, as well as selective G-quadruplex binding ligands with remarkable cytotoxic activity when the interactionwith G4 was sufficiently strong. PB Elsevier SN 0143-7208 YR 2022 FD 2022-09 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7496 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7496 LA eng NO We acknowledge the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades-FEDER (Grants PID2019-111215RB-100 and RTI2018- 102040-B-100), the Junta de Castilla y León, Consejería de Educación y Cultura y Fondo Social Europeo (Grants BU263P18 and BU305P18), “la Caixa” Foundation (LCF/PR/PR12/11070003) for financial support. A. R.C. thanks Secretaría General de Universidades for a FPU18/03225 Grant. This research has made use of the high-performance computing resources of the Castilla y León Supercomputing Center (SCAYLE, htt ps://www.scayle.es), financed by FEDER (Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional). We thank Ms. Ma del Pilar Castroviejo-Fernández, from PCT, UBU, for assistance in AFM studies and Mr. Javier Gutierrez-Reguera from LTI, UVA, for assistance in DLS studies. DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos RD 07-may-2024