Time-resolved fluorescence studies on covalently linked porphyrin�nitroarene complexes. Conformational control of photoinduced electron transfer reactions

Maiya, Bhaskar G and Doraiswamy, S and Periasamy, N and Venkataraman, B and Krishnan, V (1994) Time-resolved fluorescence studies on covalently linked porphyrin�nitroarene complexes. Conformational control of photoinduced electron transfer reactions. In: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 81 (3). pp. 139-150.

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Abstract

Time-resolved fluorescence studies were carried out on a series of free-base and zinc(II) derivatives of meso-tetraphenylporphyrins covalently linked to either 1,3-dinitrobenzene (DNB) or 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene (TNB) acceptor units. These acceptor units were linked at different sites (at the ortho, meta or para positions of one of the phenyl groups of meso-tetraphenylporphyrin) to the donor porphyrins such that the resulting isomeric intramolecular donor-acceptor complexes exhibit different centre-to-centre (ctc) distances and relative orientations. Biexponential fluorescence decay profiles observed for several of these covalently linked complexes were rationalized in terms of the presence of ''closed'' and ''extended'' conformers. Detailed analyses of the fluorescence decay data have provided a comprehensive understanding of the photoinduced electron transfer (PET) reactions occurring in systems containing zinc(II) porphyrin donors. It is observed that although DNB-linked zinc(II) complexes follow the trends predicted for the efficiency of PET with respect to donor-acceptor distance, the TNB-linked zinc(II) porphyrins exhibit a behaviour which is dictated by steric effects. Similarly, although the thermodynamic criteria predict a greater efficiency of charge separation in TNB-linked complexes compared with DNB-linked complexes, the reverse trend observed has been attributed to orientational effects. In the complexes containing free-base porphyrin donors, PET is expected to be less efficient from a thermodynamic viewpoint. In a few of these cases, fluorescence quenching seems to occur by parallel mechanisms other than PET.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry
Publisher:	Elsevier science
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Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry
Date Deposited:	16 Apr 2011 12:44
Last Modified:	16 Apr 2011 12:44
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/36907

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