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148 S. Campagna et al.<br />

Another spacer subunit which allows for rigidity <strong>and</strong> controlled directionality<br />

is the alkynyl group. Dinuclear species incorporating an unsaturated<br />

polyacetylenic backbone in the spacer (18) have been extensively investigated<br />

[175, 226]. Energy transfer (electron exchange mechanism) from the<br />

Ru(II) chromophore to the Os(II) one takes place with a rate constant <strong>of</strong><br />

7.1 × 10 10 <strong>and</strong> 5.0 × 10 10 s –1 for n =1 <strong>and</strong> n = 2, respectively [175]. The β<br />

attenuation factor [227] for the polyacetylenic systems was calculated to<br />

be 0.17 ˚A –1 , indicating that the “electron conduction” for energy transfer<br />

through alkyne bridges is more efficient than that through oligophenylenic<br />

spacers [228].<br />

Several other differently connected multicomponent species based on<br />

Ru(II) chromophores as donors <strong>and</strong> incorporating polyacetylenic bridges<br />

have been studied. Interested readers can find information in [175, 176, 226,<br />

229]. A special comment is warranted by the species 19–21 [230]. These compounds<br />

indicate the effect <strong>of</strong> the incorporation <strong>of</strong> additional units into the

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