Syntheses of [60]Fullerene and<i>N,N</i>-Bis(4-biphenyl)aniline-Tethered Rotaxane: Photoinduced Electron-Transfer Processes via Singlet and Triplet States of [60]Fullerene
作者:Atula S. D. Sandanayaka、Kei-ichiro Ikeshita、Nobuhiro Watanabe、Yasuyuki Araki、Yoshio Furusho、Nobuhiro Kihara、Toshikazu Takata、Osamu Ito
DOI:10.1246/bcsj.78.1008
日期:2005.6
A rotaxane containing [60]fullerene (C60) and N,N-bis(4-biphenyl)aniline (BBA) moieties was synthesized. In this structure, C60 acting as an electron acceptor, is attached to the crown-ether ring through which the axle with terminal BBA moieties acting as electron donors on both ends is penetrating. This rotaxane had a neutral amide moiety in the center of the axle in which two BBA moieties act as stoppers. The intra-rotaxane photoinduced electron-transfer processes of the C60 and BBA moieties were investigated by time-resolved transient absorption and fluorescence measurements while changing solvent polarity and temperature. Time-resolved transient absorption measurements of the rotaxanes confirmed that the long-lived charge-separated state (C60•−; BBA•+)rotaxane was formed via both the excited singlet and triplet states of C60 (1C60* and 3C60*, respectively) in polar solvents. The rate constants for charge-separation process were evaluated to be in the range of (3.6–3.7) × 108 s−1 via 1C60* and (5.1–5.6) × 107 s−1 via 3C60* in the ratio of (0.36–0.38):(0.43–0.51). The rate constants of charge recombination were 2.5 × 106 s−1 and 4.4 × 106 s−1, corresponding to the lifetimes of the charge-separated states of 400 ns and 230 ns in THF and benzonitrile, respectively. By the temperature dependences, the activation free-energy changes of charge-separation process via 3C60* were evaluated to be 0.10 eV, while those of the charge-recombination process were estimated to be 0.03 eV in THF and benzonitrile. These low activation energies are one of the characteristics of through-space electron transfer in the rotaxanes.
我们合成了一种含有[60]富勒烯(C60)和 N,N-双(4-联苯)苯胺(BBA)分子的轮烷。在这种结构中,作为电子受体的 C60 连接到冠醚环上,而两端作为电子供体的末端 BBA 分子穿过冠醚环的轴。这种轮烷的轴中心有一个中性酰胺分子,其中两个 BBA 分子起阻挡作用。在改变溶剂极性和温度的情况下,通过时间分辨瞬态吸收和荧光测量,研究了 C60 和 BBA 分子在轮烷内部光诱导的电子转移过程。轮烷的时间分辨瞬态吸收测量结果证实,在极性溶剂中,长寿命电荷分离态(C60--; BBA-+)轮烷是通过 C60 的激发单线态和三线态(分别为 1C60* 和 3C60*)形成的。经评估,通过 1C60* 和 3C60* 电荷分离过程的速率常数分别为 (3.6-3.7) × 108 s-1 和 (5.1-5.6) × 107 s-1,其比例为 (0.36-0.38): (0.43-0.51)。电荷重组的速率常数分别为 2.5 × 106 s-1 和 4.4 × 106 s-1,对应于电荷分离态在 THF 和苯甲腈中的寿命分别为 400 ns 和 230 ns。根据温度相关性,通过 3C60* 进行电荷分离过程的活化自由能变化被估算为 0.10 eV,而在 THF 和苯甲腈中进行电荷重组过程的活化自由能变化被估算为 0.03 eV。这些低活化能是轮烷中通过空间电子转移的特征之一。