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1.1 Porphyrins - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

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3 Discussion and Results<br />

30<br />

E ½ Red2<br />

-1.23 V<br />

E ½ Red1<br />

-1.05 V E pc Ox1<br />

5 μA<br />

+0.97 V<br />

E pc Ox2<br />

+1.43 V<br />

-1.4 -1.2 -1.0 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 E (V) 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8<br />

Figure 12. Cyclic voltammogram of Me-33 in CH2Cl2 with indicated half-wave potentials E½<br />

and cathodic peak potentials Epc given in V vs. ferrocene E(Fc/Fc + ) = +0.53 V which served as<br />

internal standard.<br />

In the cathodic region, two reversible electron transfer processes are visible while in the<br />

anodic region only clear peaks are observed in forward direction. In the reverse direction,<br />

i.e. going to lower potentials, the corresponding peaks are not detectable or show a<br />

significantly lower anodic peak current. Thus, for those irreversible processes only cathodic<br />

peak potentials Epc were obtained. This is in well agreement with theory since Me-33<br />

represents a chlorin which can be reversibly reduced but not oxidized. The oxidation would<br />

go in hand with the loss of two protons finally resulting in a porphyrin structure of different<br />

behavior. That is also the crucial point as those processes are easily happening by<br />

improvident handling of such substrates under oxygen in solution.

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