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5,15-Diphenylporphyrin was regiospecifically halogenated in high yield to give 5-iodo-15-bromo-10,20-diphenylporphyrin, which was then subjected to Heck and Stille-type coupling reactions to form unsymmetrically substituted porphyrins. The regioselectivity of the iodination of diphenylporphyrins and subsequent formation of amphiphilic porphyrins via palladium-based methodology was also studied. The utility of this method for the synthesis of photodynamic sensitisers has been demonstrated on AR4-2J rat pancreatic carcinoma cells.

Using molecular-scale computer simulation, we show that structural changes may take place in phospholipid bilayers in an aqueous solution as we vary the relative concentration of water to phospholipids, the bilayer thickness, the inclination angle of the choline, dipole molecular fragment with respect to the bilayer surface, and the conformation of hydrocarbon chains of phospholipid in the hydrophobic volume of the bilayer. It is shown that in the hydrophobic volume of the bilayer, an interpenetration of the hydrocarbon chains located on opposite sides of the phospholipid bilayer takes place.

This article discusses the results of simulations of polymer solutions with the Larson model. The point of interest was the relaxation behavior after a temperature jump. It could be shown that the relaxation time is not independent from the polymer size.