JOURNAL ARTICLE

A Diprotonated Porphyrin as an Electron Mediator in\nPhotoinduced Electron Transfer in Hydrogen-Bonded Supramolecular Assemblies

Abstract

We have successfully\nconstructed hydrogen-bonded supramolecular\nassemblies based on a diprotonated saddle-distorted porphyrin (<b>H</b><sub><b>4</b></sub><b>DPP</b><sup><b>2+</b></sup>) and redox-active molecules bearing a carboxylate group, such\nas a Ru<sup>II</sup> polypyridyl complex (<b>Ru</b><sup><b>II</b></sup><b>COO</b><sup><b>–</b></sup>)\nthat can act as an electron donor and a benzyl viologen derivative\n(<b>BV</b><sup><b>2+</b></sup><b>COO</b><sup><b>–</b></sup>) that can act as an electron acceptor. Formation\nof supramolecular assemblies of <b>H</b><sub><b>4</b></sub><b>DPP</b><sup><b>2+</b></sup> with <b>Ru</b><sup><b>II</b></sup><b>COO</b><sup><b>–</b></sup> (<b>H</b><sub><b>4</b></sub><b>DPP</b><sup><b>2+</b></sup><b>(Ru</b><sup><b>II</b></sup><b>COO</b><sup><b>–</b></sup><b>)</b><sub><b>2</b></sub> and <b>H</b><sub><b>4</b></sub><b>DPP</b><sup><b>2+</b></sup><b>(Ru</b><sup><b>II</b></sup><b>COO</b><sup><b>–</b></sup><b>)­(Cl</b><sup><b>–</b></sup><b>)</b>) and <b>BV</b><sup><b>2+</b></sup><b>COO</b><sup><b>–</b></sup> (<b>H</b><sub><b>4</b></sub><b>DPP</b><sup><b>2+</b></sup><b>(BV</b><sup><b>2+</b></sup><b>COO</b><sup><b>–</b></sup><b>)</b><sub><b>2</b></sub>) was confirmed in acetone by <sup>1</sup>H NMR measurements,\nCSI-TOF-MS, and X-ray crystallographic analysis. The photodynamics\nof <b>H</b><sub><b>4</b></sub><b>DPP</b><sup><b>2+</b></sup><b>(Ru</b><sup><b>II</b></sup><b>COO</b><sup><b>–</b></sup><b>)</b><sub><b>2</b></sub> and <b>H</b><sub><b>4</b></sub><b>DPP</b><sup><b>2+</b></sup><b>(BV</b><sup><b>2+</b></sup><b>COO</b><sup><b>–</b></sup><b>)</b><sub><b>2</b></sub> was elucidated by femto-, pico-, and nanosecond\ntime-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy. In <b>H</b><sub><b>4</b></sub><b>DPP</b><sup><b>2+</b></sup><b>(Ru</b><sup><b>II</b></sup><b>COO</b><sup><b>–</b></sup><b>)</b><sub><b>2</b></sub>, intrasupramolecular\nphotoinduced electron transfer (ET) occurred from the Ru<sup>II</sup> center to the singlet excited state of <b>H</b><sub><b>4</b></sub><b>DPP</b><sup><b>2+</b></sup> to afford\nan ET state involving one-electron-reduced <b>H</b><sub><b>4</b></sub><b>DPP</b><sup><b>•+</b></sup> and\nthe corresponding one-electron-oxidized Ru<sup>III</sup> complex with\nthe lifetime of 150 ps. On the other hand, in the presence of an external\nelectron donor, intermolecular photoinduced ET occurred from an electron\ndonor to the triplet excited state of <b>H</b><sub><b>4</b></sub><b>DPP</b><sup><b>2+</b></sup><b>(BV</b><sup><b>2+</b></sup><b>COO</b><sup><b>–</b></sup><b>)</b><sub><b>2</b></sub> to afford <b>H</b><sub><b>4</b></sub><b>DPP</b><sup><b>•+</b></sup>, following intrasupramolecular thermal ET proceeded from <b>H</b><sub><b>4</b></sub><b>DPP</b><sup><b>•+</b></sup> to <b>BV</b><sup><b>2+</b></sup><b>COO</b><sup><b>–</b></sup> to form <b>H</b><sub><b>4</b></sub><b>DPP</b><sup><b>2+</b></sup><b>(BV</b><sup><b>•+</b></sup><b>COO</b><sup><b>–</b></sup><b>)­(BV</b><sup><b>2+</b></sup><b>COO</b><sup><b>–</b></sup><b>)</b> with the lifetime\nof 1.1 ms. Thus, <b>H</b><sub><b>4</b></sub><b>DPP</b><sup><b>2+</b></sup> can act as an electron mediator in hydrogen-bonded\nsupramolecular assemblies. This is the first example of porphyrins\nas a photosensitizer and an electron mediator in hydrogen-bonded ET\nsystems.

Keywords:
Porphyrin Supramolecular chemistry Electron transfer Excited state Intermolecular force Photosensitizer Viologen Triplet state Carboxylate

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