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Porphyrin-quinone systems / Biphenylene-spacered cyclophanes / Syntheses, structures, spectroscopic properties / Electron-transfer rates, distance dependence of
Abstract:
In continuation of previous syntheses of benzene-, naphthalene-, and anthracene-spacered porphyrin-quinone cyclophanes 1, 2, and 4, biphenylene-spacered porphyrin-quinone cyclophanes of structure 3 as the “missing link” between 2 and 4 were prepared in multistep syntheses. These donor-acceptor systems are of interest since, with regard to electron-transfer rates, they complete the series of 1, 2, and 4. As expected the electron-transfer of 3 proceeds between that of 2 and 4 in an especially steep region of distance dependences of electron-transfer rates.