8-Methoxypsoralen → Psoralen

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Reaction Steps

One hundred ml of CDV is pipetted into a sterile container. One ml of 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP, 10mg/ml in dimethyl sulfoxide) and one ml of ascorbate stock solution (1M ascorbate in sterile deionized H2O) are added to the container. The mixture is incubated 15 minutes in a 37° C. water bath. After incubation the mixture is transferred to another sterile vessel and allowed to equilibrate in an argon atmosphere for 5 minutes. After equilibration the mixture is placed under a long wavelength ultraviolet light source at a temperature of 10° C. for 2 hours. The incident light intensity is approximately 15 mW/cm2.

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