Intramolecular Electronic Coupling in the Thiophene-Bridged Carbazole-Based Diporphyrin

Org Lett. 2016 Dec 2;18(23):6070-6073. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b03054. Epub 2016 Nov 16.

Abstract

The Glaser coupling reaction of ethynyl-substituted carbazole-based isophlorins provided butadiyne-bridged dimers, which were transformed into the thiophene-bridged dimers via the annulation reaction. Oxidation of these isophlorin dimers afforded carbazole-based diporphyrins. Notable electronic interactions in the diporphyrins have been confirmed by means of UV/vis-near-infrared (NIR) absorption spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry (CV) measurements, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations.

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