Exceptional redox and photophysical properties of a triply fused diporphyrin-C60 conjugate: Novel scaffolds for multicharge storage in molecular scale electronics

D. Bonifazi, M. Scholl, F. Song, L. Echegoyen, G. Accorsi, N. Armaroli, F. Diederich,
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.  2003, 42, 4966-4970
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200352265

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Abstract

Up to fifteen electrons are reversibly accommodated in a triply fused porphyrin dimer conjugated to two [60]fullerene moieties. Its photophysical properties differ completely from those of the many known porphyrin–fullerene dyads: Photoexcitation of the C60 moieties results in quantitative sensitization of the low-lying (about 1 eV) and very short lived lowest singlet level of the porphyrin sheet (see scheme).

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