Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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A reduced sp 3 texaphyrin having the structure: ##STR12## where R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are independently hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, oxyalkyl, oxyhydroxyalkyl, monosaccharide, carboxyalkyl or carboxyamidealkyl where at least one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 is hydroxyl, oxyhydroxyalkyl, monosaccharide, oxyalkyl, carboxyalkyl, carboxyamidealkyl or hydroxyalkyl and where at least one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 is oxyhydroxyalkyl, monosaccharide, oxyalkyl, carboxyalkyl, carboxyamidealkyl or hydroxyalkyl then at least one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 has at least one hydroxy substituent; and the molecular weight of any one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , or R 5 is less than or equal to about 1000 daltons.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A reduced sp 3 texaphyrin having the structure: ##STR12## where R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are independently hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, oxyalkyl, oxyhydroxyalkyl, monosaccharide, carboxyalkyl or carboxyamidealkyl where at least one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 is hydroxyl, oxyhydroxyalkyl, monosaccharide, oxyalkyl, carboxyalkyl, carboxyamidealkyl or hydroxyalkyl and where at least one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 is oxyhydroxyalkyl, monosaccharide, oxyalkyl, carboxyalkyl, carboxyamidealkyl or hydroxyalkyl then at least one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 has at least one hydroxy substituent; and the molecular weight of any one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , or R 5 is less than or equal to about 1000 daltons.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The reduced sp 3 texaphyrin of claim 1 wherein the oxyhydroxyalkyl is C.sub.(n-x) H.sub.((2n+1)-2x) O x O y or OC.sub.(n-x) H.sub.((2n+1)-2x) O x O y where n is a positive integer from 1 to 10; x is zero or a positive integer less than or equal to n; and y is zero or a positive integer less than or equal to ((2n+1)-2x).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The reduced sp 3 texaphyrin of claim 1 wherein the oxyhydroxyalkyl or monosaccharide is C n H.sub.((2n+1)-q) O y R a q , OC n H.sub.((2n+1)-q) O y R a q or (CH 2 ) n CO 2 R a where n is a positive integer from 1 to 10, y is zero or a positive integer less than ((2n+1)-q), q is zero or a positive integer less than or equal to 2n+1, R a is independently H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, monosaccharide, C.sub.(m-w) H.sub.((2m+1)-2w) O w O z , O 2 CC.sub.(m-w) H.sub.((2m+1)-2w) O w O z or N(R)OCC.sub.(m-w) H.sub.((2m+1)-2w) O w O z , where m is a positive integer from 1 to 10, w is zero or a positive integer less than or equal to m, z is zero or a positive integer less than or equal to ((2m+1)-2w), R is H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, or C m H.sub.((2m+1)-r) O z R b r where m is a positive integer from 1 to 10, z is zero or a positive integer less than ((2m+1)-r), r is zero or a positive integer less than or equal to 2m+1, and R b is independently H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, or monosaccharide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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The reduced sp 3 texaphyrin of claim 1 wherein the carboxyamidealkyl is (CH 2 ) n CONHR a , O(CH 2 ) n CONHR a , (CH 2 ) n CON(R a ) 2 , or O(CH 2 ) n CON(R a ) 2 where n is a positive integer from 1 to 10, R a is independently H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, monosaccharide, C.sub.(m-w) H.sub.((2m+1)-2w) O w O z , O 2 CC.sub.(m-w) H.sub.((2m+1)-2w) O w O z or N(R)OCC.sub.(m-w) H.sub.((2m+1)-2w) O w O z , where m is a positive integer from 1 to 10, w is zero or a positive integer less than or equal to m, z is zero or a positive integer less than or equal to ((2m+1)-2w), R is H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, or C m H.sub.((2m+1)-r) O z R b r where m is a positive integer from 1 to 10, z is zero or a positive integer less than ((2m+1)-r), r is zero or a positive integer less than or equal to 2m+1, and R b is independently H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, or monosaccharide.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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The reduced sp 3 texaphyrin of claim 1 wherein the carboxyalkyl is C n H.sub.((2n+1)-q) O y R c q or OC n H.sub.((2n+1)-q) O y R c q where n is a positive integer from 1 to 10, y is zero or a positive integer less than ((2n+1)-q), q is zero or a positive integer less than or equal to 2n+1, R c is (CH 2 ) n CO 2 R d , (CH 2 ) n CONHR d or (CH 2 ) n CON(R d ) 2 where n is a positive integer from 1 to 10, R d is independently H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, monosaccharide, C.sub.(m-w) H.sub.((2m+1)-2w) O w O z , O 2 CC.sub.(m-w) H.sub.((2m+1)-2w) O w O z or N(R)OCC.sub.(m-w) H.sub.((2m+1)-2w) O w O z , where m is a positive integer from 1 to 10, w is zero or a positive integer less than or equal to m, z is zero or a positive integer less than or equal to ((2m+1)-2w), R is H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, or C m H.sub.((2m+1)-r) O z R b r where m is a positive integer from 1 to 10, z is zero or a positive integer less than ((2m+1)-r), r is zero or a positive integer less than or equal to 2m+1, and R b is independently H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, or monosaccharide.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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The reduced sp 3 texaphyrin of claim 1 wherein: R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 are independently C n H 2n+1 where n is a positive integer from 1 to about 10; R 5 is hydroxyl, hydroxyalkyl, oxyhydroxyalkyl, carboxyalkyl or carboxyamidealkyl and where R 5 is hydroxyalkyl, oxyhydroxyalkyl, carboxyalkyl or carboxyamidealkyl then R 5 has at least one hydroxy substituent; and the molecular weight of any one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 R 4 , or R 5 is less than or equal to about 1000 daltons.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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The reduced sp 3 texaphyrin of claim 1 wherein: R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 are independently hydroxyl, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, oxyhydroxyalkyl, carboxyalkyl or carboxyamidealkyl and at least one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 is hydroxyalkyl, carboxyalkyl, carboxyamidealkyl or oxyhydroxyalkyl having at least one hydroxy substituent; R 5 is H or C n H 2n+1 where n is a positive integer from 1 to 10; and the molecular weight of any one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , or R 5 is less than or equal to about 1000 daltons.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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The reduced sp 3 texaphyrin of claim 1 wherein: R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are independently hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, oxyalkyl, oxyhydroxyalkyl, monosaccharide, carboxyalkyl, or carboxyamidealkyl where at least one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 is oxyhydroxyalkyl, monosaccharide, oxyalkyl, carboxyalkyl, carboxyamidealkyl, or hydroxyalkyl having at least one hydroxy substituent; R 5 is hydroxyalkyl, oxyalkyl, oxyhydroxyalkyl, monosaccharide, carboxyalkyl or carboxyamidealkyl having at least one hydroxy substituent; and the molecular weight of any one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , or R 5 is less than or equal to about 1000 daltons.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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The reduced sp 3 texaphyrin of claim 1 wherein R 5 is OCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 OH.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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The reduced sp 3 texaphyrin of claim 1 wherein: R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 are CH 2 CH 3 , R 4 is CH 3 , and R 5 is OCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 OH.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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The reduced sp 3 texaphyrin of claim 1 wherein R 1 is (CH 2 ) 2 CH 2 OH.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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The reduced sp 3 texaphyrin of claim 1 wherein: R 1 is (CH 2 ) 2 CH 2 OH, R 2 and R 3 are CH 2 CH 3 and R 4 and R 5 are CH 3 .
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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The reduced sp 3 texaphyrin of claim 1 wherein: R 1 is (CH 2 ) 2 CH 2 OH and R 5 is OCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 OH.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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The reduced sp 3 texaphyrin of claim 1 wherein R 5 is OCH 2 CHOHCH 2 OH.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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The reduced sp 3 texaphyrin of claim 1 wherein: R 1 is (CH 2 ) 2 CH 2 OH and R 5 is OCH 2 CHOHCH 2 OH.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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The reduced sp 3 texaphyrin of claim 1 wherein R 2 is CH 2 CH 2 OH.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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The reduced sp 3 texaphyrin of claim 1 wherein the oxyalkyl has repeating units of CH 2 CH 2 O.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
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The reduced sp 3 texaphyrin of claim 1 wherein R 5 is OH.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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The reduced sp 3 texaphyrin of claim 1 wherein R 5 is OR' where R' is monosaccharide.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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The reduced sp 3 texaphyrin of claim 1 wherein R 5 is OR' where R' is carboxyalkyl.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
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The reduced sp 3 texaphyrin of claim 20 wherein R 1 is hydroxyalkyl or carboxyalkyl.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
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The reduced sp 3 texaphyrin of claim 1 wherein R 5 is OR' where R' is carboxyamidealkyl.