Thermal splitting of Bis-Cu(II) octaphyrin(1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1) into two Cu(II) porphyrins

Yasuo Tanaka; Wataru Hoshino; Soji Shimizu; Katsuyuki Youfu; Naoki Aratani; Norihiko Maruyama; Shizuo Fujita; Atsuhiro Osuka

doi:10.1021/ja031935t

Thermal splitting of Bis-Cu(II) octaphyrin(1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1) into two Cu(II) porphyrins

J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Mar 17;126(10):3046-7. doi: 10.1021/ja031935t.

Authors

Yasuo Tanaka¹, Wataru Hoshino, Soji Shimizu, Katsuyuki Youfu, Naoki Aratani, Norihiko Maruyama, Shizuo Fujita, Atsuhiro Osuka

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.

PMID: 15012123
DOI: 10.1021/ja031935t

Abstract

When heated, bis-Cu(II) octaphyrin(1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1) is quantitatively split into two Cu(II) porphyrins both in solution and film states, which is accompanied by large absorption spectral changes.