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<strong>Photochemistry</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Photophysics</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Coordination</strong> <strong>Compounds</strong>: Rhodium 235<br />

dyads (indeed, 22 is a triad only in a formal sense), ZnP, Rh, <strong>and</strong> ph represent<br />

the zinc porphyrin <strong>and</strong> rhodium terpyridine molecular components <strong>and</strong> the<br />

phenylene spacer, respectively. The singlet excited state is considered for the<br />

zinc porphyrin chromophore <strong>and</strong> the triplet state for the rhodium terpyridine<br />

unit.<br />

∗ + ◦<br />

ZnP-ph-Rh(III) → ZnP -ph-Rh(II) ∆G =–0.71 eV (10)<br />

ZnP-ph-Rh(III) ∗ → ZnP + -ph-Rh(II) ∆G ◦ =–0.81 eV (11)<br />

ZnP + -ph-Rh(II) → ZnP-ph-Rh(III) ∆G ◦ =–1.47 eV (12)<br />

∗ + ◦<br />

ZnP-Rh(III) → ZnP -Rh(II) ∆G =–0.58 eV (13)<br />

ZnP-Rh(III) ∗ → ZnP + -Rh(II) ∆G ◦ =–0.80 eV (14)<br />

In 22, where a phenylene spacer is interposed between the two molecular<br />

components, both photoinduced electron transfer following excitation <strong>of</strong> the<br />

zinc porphyrin (Eq. 10) <strong>and</strong> charge recombination (Eq. 12) have been time<br />

resolved, with values in acetonitrile <strong>of</strong> 3.2 × 1011 s –1 <strong>and</strong> 8.3 × 109 s –1 ,respectively.<br />

The wide difference in rates is attributed to the different kinetic<br />

regimes <strong>of</strong> the two processes, photoinduced electron transfer (Eq. 10) being<br />

almost activationless, <strong>and</strong> charge recombination (Eq. 12) lying deep into the<br />

Marcus inverted region [105]. For the directly linked system 21 (as well as for<br />

its free-base analogue), the disappearance <strong>of</strong> the porphyrin excited state, presumablybyphotoinducedelectrontransfer(Eq.13),isextremelyfast.Infact,<br />

the excited state lifetime <strong>of</strong> 21, ca.0.7 ps in acetonitrile, is comparable to the<br />

longitudinal relaxation time <strong>of</strong> the solvent, implying that the electron transfer<br />

process in this system is controlled by solvent reorientation [105].<br />

3.3<br />

Triads <strong>and</strong> Other Complex Systems<br />

In dyads, including those discussed in the previous sections, photoinduced<br />

electron transfer is always followed by fast charge recombination. This greatly<br />

limits the use <strong>of</strong> dyads for practical purposes such as, e.g., conversion <strong>of</strong> light

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