A Novel 2,2′-Bipyridine[2]catenane and Its Ruthenium Complex: Synthesis, Structure, and Intramolecular Electron Transfer— A Model for the Photosynthetic Reaction Center
摘要:
A novel [2]catenane 1 incorporating 2,2'-bipyridine and cyclobis-(paraquat-p-phenylene) (BXV4+) was synthesized by self-assembly. X-ray analysis and molecular modeling revealed the structure of the ligand 1. The complexation of 1 within a ruthenium complex afforded a catenane-type artificial photosynthesis assembly 2, in which the sensitizer (Ru2+ center) and the acceptor (BXV4+) are linked noncovalently. Molecular modeling indicated that the catenane complex 2 has two main conformers with different sensitizer-acceptor distances; its macrocyclic polyether unit is more extended than that in 1. Dynamic H-1 NMR spectroscopy and electrochemical studies confirmed the presence of different conformers. Spectroscopic investigations showed effective photoinduced electron transfer between the noncovalently linked sensitizer and acceptor in the ([2]catenane)ruthenium(II) complex 2. The electron transfer rate was estimated to be greater than or equal to 2.1 x 10(8) s(-1) in H2O. Two almost linear decay processes were observed with respective lifetimes of the charge-separated state of tau(CS1) = 242 +/- 25 ns (55 +/- 3%) and tau(CS2) = 517 +/- 44 ns (45 +/- 3%), corresponding to back electron transfer from the different conformers, with alternative positions of the viologen units, to the oxidized metal center in 2. The back electron transfer rates are remarkably slow because of the spatial separation of the photogenerated redox products and the location of the back electron transfer in the Marcus inverted region.