Synthesis and characterization of polyyne porphyrins

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.63.170

A series of conjugated polyyne porphyrins, in which two porphyrin macrocycles are connected with both ends of diarylpolyyne through aromatic ring, has been prepared and their spectroscopic behaviors were investigated. Diarylpolyyne consisting of aryl group and conjugated triple bond system have rigid and linear structure, and the two porphyrins are held at a fixed geometry and a determined distance. In their absorption spectra, porphyrin Soret bands were red- or blue-shifted depending on their edge-to-edge or face-to-face orientation.