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Windmill‐Like Porphyrin Arrays as Potent Light‐Harvesting Antenna Complexes
Author(s) -
Nakano Aiko,
Osuka Atsuhiro,
Yamazaki Iwao,
Yamazaki Tomoko,
Nishimura Yoshinobu
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19981116)37:21<3023::aid-anie3023>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - porphyrin , photochemistry , energy transfer , regioselectivity , zinc , chemistry , nickel , antenna (radio) , core (optical fiber) , materials science , catalysis , computer science , organic chemistry , telecommunications , composite material , molecular physics
Up to 14 porphyrin rings are present in the title compounds 1 , which are readily available with high regioselectivity from linear nickel–zinc porphyrins. Upon irradiation with light a rapid energy transfer from the peripheral porphyrin rings to the diporphyrin core takes place.