title: An approach towards artificial quinone pools by use of photo- and redox-active dendritic molecules.
abstract: Molecules with one porphyrin and multiple quinone groups are described. The molecules are based on dendritic frameworks, with the quinone groups attached at the "internal" positions and the porphyrin attached at the focal point, leading to a characteristic layer architecture. When irradiated with visible light in the presence of 4-tert-butylthiophenol, the quinones were converted to quinols. Such a behavior mimics the function of quinone pools in photosynthesis.
authors.affiliation: National Institutes for Natural Science (NINS), Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan. toshi-n@ims.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kikuzawa
mesh_terms: D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D050091:Dendrimers / Q000737:chemistry*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004579:Electron Transport; D008027:Light; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008956:Models, Chemical; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000737:chemistry; D011809:Quinones / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D050091:Dendrimers; D010636:Phenols; D011166:Porphyrins; D011809:Quinones; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; C042983:thiophenol