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Jam Riyan Hamza1, Jatan K Sharma2, Paul A Karr3
1Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, United States.
Abstract:
Porphyrin dyes with strong push-pull type intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) character and broad absorption across the visible spectrum are reported. This combination of properties has been achieved by functionalizing the periphery of hypervalent and highly electron-deficient phosphorus(V) and antimony(V) centered porphyrins with electron-rich triphenylamine (TPA) groups. As a result of the large difference in electronegativity between the porphyrin ring and the peripheral groups, their absorption profiles show several strong charge transfer transitions, which in addition to the porphyrin-centered π → π* transitions, make them panchromatic black dyes with high absorption coefficients between 200 and 800 nm. Time-resolved optical and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) studies show that the lowest triplet state also has ICT character and is populated by spin-orbit coupled intersystem crossing.
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