1.1 Porphyrins - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
1.1 Porphyrins - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
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