title: Photoinduced electron transfer in bisporphyrin-diimide complexes.
abstract: The bisporphyrin host ZnH was synthesized, and its complexation with two aromatic diimide guest molecules, bis(pyridyl)naphthalenediimide NIN and bis(pyridyl)phenyldiimide PIN, was investigated by (1)H NMR and UV/Vis spectroscopy. The diimide guests were complexed simultaneously with both metalloporphyrins of the host, with association constants on the order of 10(8)M(-1). The processes occurring in the complex after excitation of the porphyrinic host were studied by steady-state and time-resolved emission and transient absorption spectroscopy. Complexation alters the photophysical properties of the host ZnH; the luminescence bands shift to the red by 30 nm in the complexed forms, while the emission quantum yield and the lifetime decrease. Comparison of a complex between ZnH and a model guest unable to undergo photoinduced processes allowed us to establish that, in the diimide complexes, quenching of the porphyrinic luminescence occurs with a rate of 1.1 x 10(10)s(-1). The process is identified as an electron transfer from the excited singlet of the porphyrinic host to the imide guest, which yields charge-separated states with a lifetime of 710 ps for ZnH(+)-NIN(-) and 260 ps for ZnH(+)-PIN(-).
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D004579:Electron Transport; D007094:Imides / Q000737:chemistry*; D008027:Light; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008665:Metalloporphyrins / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010777:Photochemistry; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D014050:Toluene / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D007094:Imides; D008665:Metalloporphyrins; C017802:zinc hematoporphyrin; D014050:Toluene