Intramolecular Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Pyromellitimide-linked Porphyrins

Abstract
Characteristic absorption of the anion radical of pyromellitimide around 715 nm was demonstrated to be particularly useful for studies on photoinduced electron transfer reactions. Charge recombination in pyromellitimide-linked porphyrin was greatly retarded in benzene due to the large energy gap and small reorganization energy. A long-lived charge separated state (τ = 2.5 μs) was formed in the case of a diporphyrin-porphyrin-pyromellitimide triad system.