Meso-13C-Labeled Porphyrins for Studies of Ground-State Hole Transfer in Multiporphyrin Arrays
摘要:
Understanding electronic communication among interacting chromophores provides the foundation for a variety of applications. The ground-state electronic communication in diphenylethyne-linked zinc-porphyrin dyads has been investigated by a novel molecular design strategy that entails introduction of a C-13-atom (*) at specific sites of the porphyrins where there is substantial electron density in the relevant frontier (highest occupied) molecular orbital. The site of C-13 substitution is at a meso-position, either the site of attachment of the linker (proximal, "P") or the site trans to the linker (distal, "D"). The substituents (R) at the non-linking meso-positions are mesityl, tridec-7-yl ("swallowtail"), or p-tolyl groups. Altogether five isotopically labeled porphyrin dyads have been prepared. The hole/electron-transfer properties of one-electron oxidized dyads have been examined by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. The introduction of the meso-C-13 label provides a "clock" (via the hyperfine interactions) that allows investigation of a time scale for hole transfer that is 3-4 times shorter than that provided by the natural abundance N-14 nuclei of the pyrrole nitrogen atoms. The EPR studies indicate that the hole transfer, which has been previously shown to be fast on the time scale of the N-14 hyperfine clock (similar to 220 ns), remains fast on the time scale of the C-13 hyperfine clock (similar to 50 ns).
Meso-13C-Labeled Porphyrins for Studies of Ground-State Hole Transfer in Multiporphyrin Arrays
摘要:
Understanding electronic communication among interacting chromophores provides the foundation for a variety of applications. The ground-state electronic communication in diphenylethyne-linked zinc-porphyrin dyads has been investigated by a novel molecular design strategy that entails introduction of a C-13-atom (*) at specific sites of the porphyrins where there is substantial electron density in the relevant frontier (highest occupied) molecular orbital. The site of C-13 substitution is at a meso-position, either the site of attachment of the linker (proximal, "P") or the site trans to the linker (distal, "D"). The substituents (R) at the non-linking meso-positions are mesityl, tridec-7-yl ("swallowtail"), or p-tolyl groups. Altogether five isotopically labeled porphyrin dyads have been prepared. The hole/electron-transfer properties of one-electron oxidized dyads have been examined by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. The introduction of the meso-C-13 label provides a "clock" (via the hyperfine interactions) that allows investigation of a time scale for hole transfer that is 3-4 times shorter than that provided by the natural abundance N-14 nuclei of the pyrrole nitrogen atoms. The EPR studies indicate that the hole transfer, which has been previously shown to be fast on the time scale of the N-14 hyperfine clock (similar to 220 ns), remains fast on the time scale of the C-13 hyperfine clock (similar to 50 ns).