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Synthesis and photophysics of diaza‐crown ether‐based bisporphyrins
Author(s) -
Mårtensson Jerker,
Sandros Kjell,
Wennerström Olof
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of physical organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.325
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1395
pISSN - 0894-3230
DOI - 10.1002/poc.610071003
Subject(s) - chemistry , moiety , acceptor , monomer , photochemistry , crown ether , zinc , porphyrin , fluorescence , singlet state , free base , absorption spectroscopy , stereochemistry , excited state , organic chemistry , polymer , ion , physics , salt (chemistry) , quantum mechanics , nuclear physics , condensed matter physics
The bisporphyria N , N ′‐bis[4″‐( meso ‐triphenylporphyrinyl)benzyl]‐4,13‐diaza‐18‐crown‐6 and its mono‐ and dizinc derivatives were synthesized in 66%, 46% and 53% yields, respectively, from 5‐(4′‐bromomethylphenyl)‐10,15,20‐triphenylporphyrin or its zinc derivative and 4,13‐diaza‐18‐crown‐6. The zinc‐containing bisporphyrins form dimers in solution at low temperature or at high concentration. The unsymmetrical bisporphyrin; monozinc N , N ′‐bis[4″‐( meso ‐triphenylporphyrinyl)benzyl]‐4,13‐diaza‐18‐crown‐6 shows singlet–singlet energy transfer from the zinc porphyrin moiety to the free base moiety in both the monomeric and the dimeric form. The energy transfer rates were determined using time‐resolved fluorescence spectroscopy and were found to be 1·26 × 10 9 and 2·29 × 10 9 s −1 for the monomeric and dimeric form, respectively. The difference in energy transfer rates between the two forms can be rationalized by the difference in overlap between the donor fluorescence spectrum and acceptor absorption spectrum, donor–acceptor distance and donor–acceptor orientation.