Photoexcited State Properties of H2-Porphyrin/C60-Based Rotaxanes as Studied by Time-Resolved Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

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Light-driven intramolecular electron transfer (ET) and energy transfer (EnT) processes in two rotaxanes, the first containing two free base porphyrins and C60 fullerene moieties incorporated around a Cu(I)bisphenanthroline core ((H2P)2-Cu(I)(phen)2-C60) and a second lacking the fullerene moiety ((H2P)2-Cu(I)(phen)2), were studied by X-band (9.5 GHz) time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance (TREPR) spectroscopy. The experiments were performed in frozen toluene and ethanol and different phases of the nematic liquid crystal (E-7). It is demonstrated that the ET and EnT processes in the (H2P)2-Cu(I)(phen)2-C60 rotaxane in different media result in the formation of the same charge-separated state, namely (H2P)2•+-Cu(I)(phen)2•–-C60, while photoexcitation of the (H2P)2-Cu(I)(phen)2 rotaxane does not induce noticeable transfer processes in these matrices. The results are discussed in terms of the high conformational mobility of the rotaxanes, which enables changes in the molecular topography and resultant modification of the rates and routes of photoinduced processes occurring in these systems. The parameters of the transfer processes are compared with those obtained in our previous study of (ZnP)2-Cu(I)(phen)2-C60 and (ZnP)2-Cu(I)(phen)2 rotaxanes under the same experimental conditions.

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