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Title: Metalloporphyrins as energy transfer catalysts: Progress report, August 1, 1984-July 31, 1987

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5252060

Porphyrin excited state dynamics have been explored initially using a simple stationary sample cw laser technique to pump a steady state; the ground state spectrum is obtained by spinning the sample, and the excited state spectrum is obtained by subtraction. In this way triplet state Resoannce Rama (RR) spectra were obtained for the tetraphenylporphine (TPP) complexes of magnesium, zinc, and palladium, and excited state deligation was studied for pyridine and piperidine complexes of nickel TPP. In connection with the latter study, the systematics of RR frequencies and core size were established for 4- and 6-coordinate nickel porphyrins, and a 5-coordinate high-spin complex was definitively characterized. In addition RR spectra were analyzed for ruthenium porphyrins, as background for future excited state studies, and backbonding charcteristics were established. Charge transfer excited states of a 4,4'-bipyridine complex of ruthenium(II) were studied via the power-dependent photoinduced RR spectra produced with a YAG laser. RR spectra of metallo-OEP (octaethylporphyrin) cation radicals have also been studied.

Research Organization:
Princeton Univ., NJ (USA). Dept. of Chemistry
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-81ER10861
OSTI ID:
5252060
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/10861-8; ON: DE88007688
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English