Photo-induced ligand substitution at a remote site via electron transfer in a porphyrin-appended rhenium carbonyl supermolecule

Anders Gabrielsson; Frantisek Hartl; John R Lindsay Smith; Robin N Perutz

doi:10.1039/b200127f

Photo-induced ligand substitution at a remote site via electron transfer in a porphyrin-appended rhenium carbonyl supermolecule

Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 May 7:(9):950-1. doi: 10.1039/b200127f.

Authors

Anders Gabrielsson¹, Frantisek Hartl, John R Lindsay Smith, Robin N Perutz

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, UK YO10 5DD.

PMID: 12123063
DOI: 10.1039/b200127f

Abstract

The photochemical and electrochemical properties of a Zn-porphyrin appended rhenium(I) tricarbonyl bipyridine 3-Me-pyridine complex have been investigated; visible-light sensitisation of electron transfer results in ligand substitution at a site remote from the chromophore.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Electron Transport
Ligands
Light
Models, Molecular
Molecular Structure
Porphyrins / chemical synthesis
Porphyrins / chemistry*
Porphyrins / radiation effects
Rhenium
Spectrophotometry, Infrared

Substances

Ligands
Porphyrins
Rhenium