title: Convergent synthesis and photophysics of [60]fullerene/porphyrin-based rotaxanes.
abstract: A series of Sauvage-type rotaxanes containing [60]fullerene and tetraarylporphyrin moieties has been synthesized by a convergent route. Photoinduced energy-transfer and electron-transfer reactions in these rotaxanes yield long-lived change-separated states, in agreement with the large distance between the fullerene and porphyrin chromophores.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA.
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: David I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.forename: Dirk M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Guldi
authors.forename: M Angeles
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Herranz
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Echegoyen