title: Synthesis of perylene-3,4-mono(dicarboximide)--fullerene C60 dyads as new light-harvesting systems.
abstract: Fullerene C 60-perylene-3,4-mono(dicarboximide) (C 60-PMI) dyads 1- 3 were synthesized in the search for new light-harvesting systems. The synthetic strategy to the PMI intermediate used a cross-coupling Suzuki reaction for the introduction of a formyl group in the ortho, meta, or para position. Subsequent 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with C 60 led to the target C 60-PMI dyad. Cyclic voltammetry showed that the first one-electron reduction process unambiguously occurs onto the C 60 moiety and the following two-electron process corresponds to the concomitant second reduction of C 60 and the first reduction of PMI. A quasi-quantitative quenching of fluorescence was shown in dyads 1- 3, and an intramolecular energy transfer was suggested to occur from the PMI to the fullerene moiety. These C 60-PMI dyads constitute good candidates for future photovoltaic applications with expected well-defined roles for both partners, i.e., PMI acting as a light-harvesting antenna and C 60 playing the role of the acceptor in the photoactive layer.
authors.affiliation: Université d'Angers, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie et Ingénierie Moléculaire d'Angers, CIMA UMR 6200, 2 Boulevard Lavoisier, 49045 Angers, France.
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baffreau
authors.forename: Lucie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ordronneau
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leroy-Lhez
authors.forename: Piétrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hudhomme