Long-lived Charge Separated States from Zinc Porphyrin-Free Base Porphyrin-Diimide-Quinone Tetrads

Abstract
Tetrads consisting of zinc porphyrin (ZnP), free base porphyrin (H2P), naphthalene-1,4,5,8-tetracarboxylic diimide (NIm), and quinone (Q) were synthesized. Upon photoexcitation, these tetrads provide ion pair states (ZnP)+-H2P-NIm-(Q), whose lifetimes are much longer, reaching more than 100 μs in THF-butyronitrile, in biphenyl-bridged models but shorter in diphenylmethyl-bridged models in comparison to the corresponding Q-free triads.
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