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S9~S12). Accordingly, the broad peak (600~850 nm) in the
transient absorption spectrum of ZnCP ⊃ RuTPP(DABCO)2
(Figure S13) is attributed to the one-electron oxidation state of
ZnCP. Therefore, a radical cation of Zn porphyrin is formed after
the photoexcitation of Zn porphyrin in ZnCP⊃RuTPP(DABCO)2.
The reason for the Zn porphyrin quenching in ZnCP ⊃
RuTPP(DABCO)2 can be explained as follows. At first, after being
excited at 550 nm, the electron is transferred from Zn porphyrin to
Ru porphyrin within 1 ns, followed by non-radiative deactivation.
The electron transfer reaction is not intermolecular but
intramolecular, because the measurement was conducted at
sufficiently diluted concentration (~40 M), so that intermolecular
reaction was negligible. ZnCP⊃RuTPP(DABCO)2 has a D-A-D
structure constructed through coordination bonding, in which Zn
porphyrin is the donor molecule (D) while Ru porphyrin is the
accepter molecule (A).
Acknowledgements
This research was supported by the Funding Program for
JSPSResearch Fellow and Grant–in–Aid for Scientific Research (B)
and
Scientific
Research
on
Innovative
Areas
(“MolecularArchitectonics” and “Soft Molecular Systems”) from
MEXT,Japan. This research was also supported by Tokuyama
ScienceFoundation and CREST, JST.
Keywords: Artificial photosynthesis • porphyrin • host-guest •
photoinduced electron transfer • coordination bonding
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