TY - JOUR
T1 - Tetraazachlorin-fullerene conjugates
T2 - On-off control of electronic communication enabled by push-pull substituents
AU - Fukuda, Takamitsu
AU - Masuda, Satoshi
AU - Kobayashi, Nagao
PY - 2007/5/2
Y1 - 2007/5/2
N2 - Novel tetraazachlorin (TAC)-fullerene (C60) conjugates (TAC-C60) and their analogues (TAiBC-C60 and TABC-C 60 where TAiBC = tetraazaisobacteriochlorin and TABC = tetraazabacteriochlorin) have been synthesized by condensing 1,2-dicyanofullerene (1) and phthalonitrile derivatives (2) in the presence of nickel chloride in quinoline, and fully characterized using mass spectrometry and 1H and 13C NMR. By arranging the TAC and C 60 units at the minimum distance, and taking also into account the molecular symmetry, the resultant conjugates show on-off electronic communication behavior, depending on the push-pull properties of the peripheral substituents in the TAC moiety. Consequently, the UV-vis absorption spectrum of the electron-releasing butyloxy-substituted TAC-C60 (3a) contains an unusual group of three absorption bands in the Q-band region (500-900 nm) as a result of a strong electronic communication between the two moieties. On the other hand, the absorption spectrum of the electron-withdrawing butylsulfonyl-substituted TAC-C60 (3b) comprises a typically normal TAC spectrum with markedly split two-peak Q-bands. A similar phenomenon is observed between alkoxy-substituted TAiBC-C60 (4a) and butylsulfonyl-substituted TAiBC-C60 (4b). This study reveals that the electron-donating or -withdrawing nature of the peripheral substituents on an azachlorin moiety has an important effect on the electronic structures of our novel azachlorin-C60 conjugates, although the linking carbon atoms are aliphatic sp3 carbon atoms which generally do not contribute to aromaticity. The electronic structures of the conjugates have been investigated in detail using spectroscopic and electrochemical techniques with the aid of DFT calculations.
AB - Novel tetraazachlorin (TAC)-fullerene (C60) conjugates (TAC-C60) and their analogues (TAiBC-C60 and TABC-C 60 where TAiBC = tetraazaisobacteriochlorin and TABC = tetraazabacteriochlorin) have been synthesized by condensing 1,2-dicyanofullerene (1) and phthalonitrile derivatives (2) in the presence of nickel chloride in quinoline, and fully characterized using mass spectrometry and 1H and 13C NMR. By arranging the TAC and C 60 units at the minimum distance, and taking also into account the molecular symmetry, the resultant conjugates show on-off electronic communication behavior, depending on the push-pull properties of the peripheral substituents in the TAC moiety. Consequently, the UV-vis absorption spectrum of the electron-releasing butyloxy-substituted TAC-C60 (3a) contains an unusual group of three absorption bands in the Q-band region (500-900 nm) as a result of a strong electronic communication between the two moieties. On the other hand, the absorption spectrum of the electron-withdrawing butylsulfonyl-substituted TAC-C60 (3b) comprises a typically normal TAC spectrum with markedly split two-peak Q-bands. A similar phenomenon is observed between alkoxy-substituted TAiBC-C60 (4a) and butylsulfonyl-substituted TAiBC-C60 (4b). This study reveals that the electron-donating or -withdrawing nature of the peripheral substituents on an azachlorin moiety has an important effect on the electronic structures of our novel azachlorin-C60 conjugates, although the linking carbon atoms are aliphatic sp3 carbon atoms which generally do not contribute to aromaticity. The electronic structures of the conjugates have been investigated in detail using spectroscopic and electrochemical techniques with the aid of DFT calculations.
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U2 - 10.1021/ja0678323
DO - 10.1021/ja0678323
M3 - Article
C2 - 17411037
AN - SCOPUS:34248172974
VL - 129
SP - 5472
EP - 5479
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
SN - 0002-7863
IS - 17
ER -