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- Title
Symmetry Effects in Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Chlorin‐Quinone Dyads: Adiabatic Suppression in the Marcus Inverted Region.
- Authors
Abel, Yvonne; Vlassiouk, Ivan; Lork, Enno; Smirnov, Sergei; Talipov, Marat R.; Montforts, Franz‐Peter
- Abstract
In donor–acceptor dyads undergoing photoinduced electron transfer (PET), a direction or pathway for electron movement is usually dictated by the redox properties and the separation distance between the donor and acceptor subunits, while the effect of symmetry is less recognized. We have designed and synthesized two isomeric donor–acceptor assemblies in which electronic coupling between donor and acceptor is altered by the orbital symmetry control with the reorganization energy and charge transfer exothermicity being kept unchanged. Analysis of the optical absorption and luminescence spectra, supported by the DFT and TD‐DFT calculations, showed that PET in these assemblies corresponds to the Marcus inverted region (MIR) and has larger rate for isomer with weaker electronic coupling. This surprising observation provides the first experimental evidence for theoretically predicted adiabatic suppression of PET in MIR, which unambiguously controlled solely by symmetry.
- Subjects
PHOTOINDUCED electron transfer; SYMMETRY; DYADS; CHARGE transfer; REORGANIZATION energy
- Publication
Chemistry - A European Journal, 2020, Vol 26, Issue 71, p17120
- ISSN
0947-6539
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/chem.202002736