Photophysical properties of fullerene-dendron-pyropheophorbide supramolecules

Ermilov, EA; Al-Omari, S; Helmreich, M; Jux, N; Hirsch, A; Roder, B

HERO ID

4935999

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Journal Article

Year

2004

HERO ID 4935999
In Press No
Year 2004
Title Photophysical properties of fullerene-dendron-pyropheophorbide supramolecules
Authors Ermilov, EA; Al-Omari, S; Helmreich, M; Jux, N; Hirsch, A; Roder, B
Journal Chemical Physics
Volume 301
Issue 1
Page Numbers 27-31
Abstract Two novel monofullerene-bis(pyropheophorbide a) complexes were synthesized and their photophysical properties were studied by using both steady-state and time-resolved techniques. It was revealed that in the pyropheophorbide a (pyroPheo)-C-60 molecular system (FP1) strong quenching of the first excited singlet state of the pyroPheo and, as result, dramatically decreasing of photosensitized singlet oxygen generation occurs by efficient photoinduced electron transfer to the fullerene molecule with a rate constant of 2.5 x 10(9) s(-1). In contrast, the fullerene hexaadduct-bis(pyroPheo) system (FHP1), which possesses five diethyl malonate addends in the remaining octahedral positions, shows a high singlet oxygen quantum yield which is due to the reduced fullerene chromophore which is not a good electron acceptor anymore. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Doi 10.1016/j.chemphys.2004.02.015
Wosid WOS:000221417800004
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Keyword photosensitizer; pyropheophorbide alpha; fullerene; photoinduced electron transfer; singlet molecular oxygen