Issue 1, 2008

Large photoactive supramolecular ensembles prepared from C60–pyridine substrates and multi-Zn(ii)–porphyrin receptors

Abstract

Fullerene derivatives bearing a pyridine sub-unit have been prepared. Their ability to form self-assembled supramolecular structures with mono- and polytopic Zn(II)porphyrin receptors has been first evidenced by UV-vis studies. These supramolecular complexes are multi-component photoactive devices, in which the emission of the porphyrinic receptor is dramatically quenched by the fullerene units. This new property, resulting from the association of the different molecular sub-units, also allowed us to investigate in detail the self-assembly process using fluorescence titrations. The binding studies revealed positive cooperative effects for the assembly of the C60–pyridine derivatives with polytopic receptors as a result of intramolecular C60C60 interactions between the different guests assembled onto the multi-Zn(II)porphyrin hosts.

Graphical abstract: Large photoactive supramolecular ensembles prepared from C60–pyridine substrates and multi-Zn(ii)–porphyrin receptors

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 Aug 2007
Accepted
29 Aug 2007
First published
17 Sep 2007

New J. Chem., 2008,32, 159-165

Large photoactive supramolecular ensembles prepared from C60–pyridine substrates and multi-Zn(II)porphyrin receptors

A. Trabolsi, M. Urbani, J. L. Delgado, F. Ajamaa, M. Elhabiri, N. Solladié, J. Nierengarten and A. Albrecht-Gary, New J. Chem., 2008, 32, 159 DOI: 10.1039/B712081H

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