Synthesis and photophysical properties of a [60]fullerene compound with dimethylaniline and ferrocene connected through a pyrazolino group: a study by laser flash photolysis.
Pyrazolino[60]fullerene covalently-linked to ferrocene and N,N-dimethylaniline groups has been prepared and studied using time-resolved spectroscopic methods. The fluorescence quenching of the C(60) moiety indicates that charge-separation takes place via the singlet excited state of the C(60) moiety in both polar and non-polar solvents. The charge-separated state, in which an electron is localized on the C(60) sphere and a hole is located on the whole donor moieties of ferrocene, pyrazole, and N,N-dimethylaniline groups, has been confirmed by nanosecond transient spectra in the visible and near-IR spectral region. The lifetimes of the radical ion-pairs are as long as 30 - 50 ns in both polar and non-polar solvents.
Delgado
Juan L
JL
Facultad de Ciencias del Medio Ambiente, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 45071 Toledo, Spain.
El-Khouly
Mohamed E
ME
Araki
Yasuyuki
Y
Gómez-Escalonilla
María J
MJ
de la Cruz
Pilar
P
Oswald
Frédéric
F
Ito
Osamu
O
Langa
Fernando
F