Pairing fullerenes and porphyrins: supramolecular wires that exhibit charge transfer activity

F Wessendorf, B Grimm, DM Guldi…

Index: Wessendorf, Florian; Grimm, Bruno; Guldi, Dirk M.; Hirsch, Andreas Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010 , vol. 132, # 31 p. 10786 - 10795

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Abstract

A concept is elaborated of pairing electron donors and electron acceptors that share a common trait, wire-like features, as a powerful means to realize a new and versatile class of electron donor− acceptor nanohybrids. Important variables are fine-tuning (i) the complexation strength,(ii) the electron/energy transfer behavior, and (iii) the solubilities of the resulting architectures. In particular, a series of supramolecular porphyrin/fullerene ...