Synthesis,and Optical and Electrochemical Properties of Cyclophane-Type Molecular Dyads Containing a Porphyrin in Close,Tangential Orientation Relative to the Surface of trans-1 Functionalized C60. Preliminary Communication

The synthesis of the cyclophane-type molecular dyads 1 and 1 . Zn was accomplished by Bingel macrocyclization of porphyrin-tethered bis-malonates 5 or 5 . Zn , respectively, with C₆₀ (Scheme). In these macrocycles, the doubly bridged porphyrin adopts a close, tangential orientation relative to the surface of the C-sphere. The porphyrin derivatives 6 and 6 . Zn with two appended, singly-linked C₆₀ moieties were also formed as side products in the Bingel macrocyclizations. The trans-1 addition pattern of the fullerene moiety in 1 and 1 . Zn was unambiguously established by ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR spectroscopy. Due to the close spatial relationship between the fullerene and porphyrin components in 1 and 6 and the corresponding Zn^II complexes, the porphyrin fluorescence is efficiently quenched as compared to the luminescence emitted by 5 and 5 . Zn , respectively (Fig. 2). Cyclic-voltammetry studies show that the mutual electronic effects exerted by the fullerene on the porphyrin and vice versa in 1 and 1 . Zn are relatively small despite the close proximity between the porphyrin donor and the fullerene acceptor (Fig. 3).