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Light-induced Intramolecular Electron Transfer from a Porphyrin linked to a p-Benzoquinone by a Rigid Spacer Group
Bolton, James R.,Ho, Te-Fu,Liauw, Shinta,Siemiarczuk, Aleksander,Wan, Calvin S.K.,Weedon, Alan C.
, p. 559 - 560 (2007/10/02)
A model of the reaction centre in photosynthesis is described which consists of a tetra-arylporphyrin attached to a p-benzoquinone through a bicyclooctane; fluorescence lifetime data suggest that visible light-induced intramolecular electron transfer between the porphyrin and the quinone is much less efficient than in previously reported linked porphyrin-quinone molecules and indicate that it is subject to a novel solvent effect.
