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Electronic energy migration and trapping in quinone-substituted, phenyl-linked dimeric and trimeric porphyrins

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Chemical Society; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00064a025· OSTI ID:6310601
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  1. Univ. of Texas, Austin (United States)
The synthesis and photophysical characterization of a series of quinone-substituted, phenyl-linked dimeric and trimeric porphyrin arrays suitable for the study of electron transfer within closely-coupled subunits is presented. The excited singlet state of a porphyrin possessing a quinone substituent at a meso position is shortened to <350 fs due to electron donation to the appended quinone. Energy transfer between adjacent porphyrins occurs with a rate constant of ca. 10[sup 11] s[sup [minus]1], and the photon is immediately trapped by the proximal porphyrin. For the liner porphyrin trimer, the photon can transfer between distal and central porphyrins in an incoherent manner until it is trapped by the proximal porphyrin. These arrays represent interesting models for natural photosynthetic organisms since they combine light harvesting, energy migration and trapping, and photoinduced electron transfer in a single supramolecular entity. 46 refs., 6 figs., 1 tab.
OSTI ID:
6310601
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society; (United States) Vol. 115:11; ISSN JACSAT; ISSN 0002-7863
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English