Magnesium Octa[(4'-Benzo-15-Crown-5)-Oxy]Phthalocyaninate in Low-Molecular Hydrogels: Spectral Properties and Release under Stimulation

Abstract

This work is dedicated to low-molecular hydrogels based on biodegradable sodium deoxycholate (SDC) and lysine hydrochloride (lys × HCl) with magnesium octa-[(4'-benzo-15-crown-5)-oxy]phthalocyaninate (Mgcr₈Pc) as the active component, namely, their synthesis, spectral properties of gel-solubilized Mgcr₈Pc, its release from the gel etc. Addition of Mgcr₈Pc occurs both via the mixing of the components and via its diffusion from the aqueous solution into the phase of the formed SDC/lys × HCl gel. Mgcr₈Pc-containing hydrogels are thermoreversible. The state of Mgcr₈Pc in the SDC/lys × HCl/NaCl gel at the room temperature and in the melt is studied using spectral methods. Gel melting releases Mgcr₈Pc in the form of a micelle-bound monomer. The presence of the Mgcr₈Pc monomer phase in the phthalocyanine-carrying supramolecular hydrogel causes fluorescent activity of the latter.