Facile synthesis of a flexible tethered porphyrin dimer that preferentially complexes fullerene C70

Matthew Jurow; Christopher Farley; Cesar Pabon; Brian Hageman; Aaron Dolor; Charles Michael Drain

doi:10.1039/C2CC31340E

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Facile synthesis of a flexible tethered porphyrin dimer that preferentially complexes fullerene C₇₀†‡

Matthew Jurow,^a Christopher Farley,^a Cesar Pabon,^a Brian Hageman,^a Aaron Dolor^a and Charles Michael Drain*^ab

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Abstract

A simple, high yield, two-step synthesis yields a porphyrin dimer linked by a flexible dithiol tether that preferentially binds fullerene C₇₀ over C₆₀ in toluene solution. The complex forms stable aggregates when cast on glass.

This article is part of the themed collection: Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC31340E
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 22 Feb 2012
Accepted: 16 Mar 2012
First published: 20 Mar 2012

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Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 4731-4733

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Facile synthesis of a flexible tethered porphyrin dimer that preferentially complexes fullerene C₇₀

M. Jurow, C. Farley, C. Pabon, B. Hageman, A. Dolor and C. M. Drain, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 4731 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC31340E

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