Fusion and planarization of a quinoidal porphyrin dimer.
The crystal structure, near-infrared spectrum and electrochemistry of a quinoidal triply-linked porphyrin dimer are compared with those of its singly-linked precursor; fusing the two porphyrins planarizes the pi-system and reduces the optical HOMO-LUMO gap while increasing the gap between the first oxidation and reduction potentials.
Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Dyson Perrins Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK OX1 3QY.
Iain M
IM
Blake
Alexander
A
Krivokapic
Martin
M
Katterle
Harry L
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Anderson