Issue 11, 2010

Ultrafast intramolecular charge transfer in tetrapyrazinoporphyrazines controls the quantum yields of fluorescence and singlet oxygen

Abstract

A series of octasubstituted zinc(II) tetrapyrazinoporphyrazines (TPyzPz), aza-analogues of phthalocyanines, differing in the number of peripheral N,N-diethylamino (n = 0–8) and tert-butylsulfanyl substituents (m = 8 − n) has been synthesized. All possible congeners were characterized including adjacent and opposite isomers. Steady-state (UV-vis, fluorescence) and time-resolved (fluorescence, femtosecond transient absorption) spectroscopies, redox and photochemical (singlet oxygen formation) properties were investigated and compared. The peripheral tertiary amino substituents (donor) induce a new competitive relaxation pathway to fluorescence and intersystem crossing due to the mixing of the first excited state S1 of the TPyzPz macrocycle with a nearby intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) state. The fluorescence quantum yield and fluorescence lifetime of 6Zn bearing one N,N-diethylamino substituent (n = 1, m = 7) decreased with increasing solvent polarity, while the same observables of 5Zn with no donor centre (n = 0, m = 8) were not affected. Protonation of the N,N-diethylamino substituent in 6Zn led to a strong increase of the fluorescence intensity. The cyclic voltammetry data, the steady-state and time-resolved emission and transient absorption studies revealed strong electronic coupling between the TPyzPz moiety and N,N-diethylamino substituents. ICT is an extremely rapid process occurring with a time constant of 10 ps and 7 ps in 6Zn (n = 1, m = 7) and 11Zn (n = 8, m = 0) in pyridine, respectively. The ICT efficiency decreased in non-polar solvents. The presence of two N,N-diethylamino substituents in 7Zn (n = 2, m = 6) considerably quenched the S1 states in pyridine (polar, coordinating), toluene (non-polar, non-coordinating) and toluene–1% pyridine (v/v) (non-polar, coordinating). The photophysical properties of compounds with more donor substituents on the periphery (n > 2, m < 6) were similar to those of 7Zn.

Graphical abstract: Ultrafast intramolecular charge transfer in tetrapyrazinoporphyrazines controls the quantum yields of fluorescence and singlet oxygen

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 Sep 2009
Accepted
18 Nov 2009
First published
21 Jan 2010

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010,12, 2555-2563

Ultrafast intramolecular charge transfer in tetrapyrazinoporphyrazines controls the quantum yields of fluorescence and singlet oxygen

V. Novakova, P. Zimcik, M. Miletin, L. Vachova, K. Kopecky, K. Lang, P. Chábera and T. Polívka, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, 12, 2555 DOI: 10.1039/B918546A

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