Platzer B, Berionni Berna B, Bischetti M, Cicero DO, Paolesse R, Nardis S, Torres T, Guldi DM. Exploring the Association of Electron‐Donating Corroles with Phthalocyanines as Electron Acceptors.
Chemistry 2022;
28:e202103891. [PMID:
35084748 PMCID:
PMC9306480 DOI:
10.1002/chem.202103891]
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Abstract
Electron‐donating corroles (Cor) were integrated with electron‐accepting phthalocyanines (Pc) to afford two different non‐covalent Cor ⋅ Pc systems. At the forefront was the coordination between a 10‐meso‐pyridine Cor and a ZnPc. The complexation was corroborated in a combination of NMR, absorption, and fluorescence assays, and revealed association with binding constants as high as 106
m−1. Steady‐state and time‐resolved spectroscopies evidenced that regardless of exciting Cor or Pc, the charge‐separated state evolved efficiently in both cases, followed by a slow charge‐recombination to reinstate the ground state. The introduction of non‐covalent linkages between Cor and Pc induces sizeable differences in the context of light harvesting and transfer of charges when compared with covalently linked Cor‐Pc conjugates.
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