title: A tetraphenylmethane based dendritic tolan-anthracene dyad: synthesis and energy transfer properties.
abstract: In order to synthesize a peripherally rigid dendritic donor-acceptor dyad for energy transfer studies, a tritolan dendron based on a tetraphenylmethane scaffold was prepared from New Fuchsin. The dendron showed a small degree of homoconjugation but a large hypochromic effect. Coupling of two such dendrons with an anthracene core led to a dendritic tolan-anthracene dyad whose steady state photophysical studies (UV, PL, PLE) showed vectorial transfer of excitation energy from the surface tolan units to the anthracene core.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700 032, India. jusaumitra@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Saumitra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.forename: Pradipta
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Purkayastha