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Cover Feature: A Synthetic Chlorophyll Dimer Appending Fullerene: Effect of Chlorophyll Pairing on (Photo)redox Properties (Chem. Eur. J. 41/2020)
Author(s) -
Shinozaki Yoshinao,
Uragami Chiasa,
Hashimoto Hideki,
Tamiaki Hitoshi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202001819
Subject(s) - p700 , dimer , moiety , intramolecular force , chemistry , photochemistry , fullerene , chlorophyll a , photosynthetic reaction centre , chlorophyll , photosystem i , photosystem ii , photosynthesis , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , electron transfer , biochemistry
P700, consisting of a pair of chlorophylls a/ a ’ , is known to act as the primary electron donor in the reaction center of Photosystem I. The cover artwork highlights the molecular structure of a synthetic chlorophyll dimer possessing a fullerene moiety used in this work, which is reminiscent of a flying bird grabbing a football. Studying the intramolecular charge separation between fullerene and chlorophyll dimer made it possible to capture the features of the reaction center and discuss why nature utilizes the dimer motif as a part of charge‐separation machinery. More information can be found in the Full Paper by H. Tamiaki et al. on page 8897.