ISSN 1017-2548(Print)
ISSN 2234-8530(Online)
Volume 23, Number 6
JKCSEZ 23(6)
December 20, 1979 

Measuring the reaction rate of bilirubin and oxodipyrromethenes with singlet oxygen, we have found oxodipyrromethenes to be better singlet oxygen trapping agents than diphenyl-isobenzofuran, the best such agent known so far. The photooxygenation rates of bilirubin and the model compounds, oxodipyrromethenes approached the diffusion control threshold. A new oxodipyrromethene is synthesized.