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1.1 Porphyrins - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

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3 Discussion and Results<br />

Time-resolved experiments show a mono-exponential decay of the first excited singlet state<br />

in each case compared to bis-exponential decays for mono-exocyclic systems 53, 57 and 58.<br />

That is not surprising since the effect is due to the presence of distinguishable tautomers in<br />

the mono-exocyclic compounds having the NH-protons situated on opposite lying nitrogen<br />

atoms. In all bis-exocyclic systems, those positionings are equivalent and thus only one<br />

major tautomer is to be observed.<br />

Like for the mono-exocyclic compounds, also here the determined fluorescence quantum<br />

yields (Φfl) are quite low. The quantum yields for intersystem crossing (ΦISC) vary between<br />

0.46 and 0.68 and are therewith significantly lower than for 53 (ΦISC = 0.88). Thus, the spin-<br />

orbit coupling seems to be significantly lowered in efficiency by the bis-annulation process<br />

itself and it appears furthermore affected by the regiochemistry. The same applies for the<br />

capability of 1 O2 generation. The values are thereby highest for 67 and 69, followed by those<br />

for 68 and 70 ending up at the lowest ones for 71. This can be seen as the consequence of an<br />

also influenced efficiency of the energy transfer between a BCKP in its triplet state (T1) and<br />

dissolved oxygen in the sample, ηET(T1→ 3 O2). The corresponding values are determined<br />

close to 1 for 67 and 69 (and therewith comparable to 53) but else significantly lower (down<br />

to 0.57 for 71, in the worst case). The underlying data is gathered in Table 21.<br />

Table 21. Photophysical parameters for 67-71 in DMF: quantum yield of fluorescence (Φfl)<br />

and fluorescence decay time τfl, quantum yield for intersystem crossing (ΦISC), singlet oxygen<br />

quantum yield (ΦΔ) and estimated efficiency of energy transfer ηET from the triplet sensitizer<br />

to triplet oxygen.<br />

102<br />

Compound Φfl a,b<br />

τfl [ns] a<br />

ΦISC c<br />

ΦΔ d<br />

ηET(T1→ 3 O2)<br />

67 0.016 0.83 0.68 0.65 0.96<br />

68 0.03 1.48 0.63 0.52 0.83<br />

69 0.016 0.83 0.68 0.62 0.91<br />

70 0.035 1.49 0.67 0.52 0.78<br />

71 0.02 0.73 0.46 0.26 0.57<br />

a excitation at 532 nm a<br />

b<br />

reference used: 5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrin 15 (Φfl = 0.11) 87<br />

c<br />

estimated by ps-transient absorption spectroscopy technique<br />

d<br />

reference used: 5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrin 15 (ΦΔ = 0.65) 88

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