Abstract
A triad D-Ir-A, where Ir is an Ir(III) bisterpyridine complex connected through an amidophenyl spacer to D, a triphenylamine electron donor, and to A, a naphthalene bisimide electron acceptor, has been synthesized and electrochemically investigated. The photoinduced processes in the triad, which is more than 4-nm long, have been characterized by steady-state and time-resolved optical spectroscopy by comparison with the model dyads D-Ir, Ir-A, and the reference monomers D, Ir, and A. A sequential electron transfer occurs upon excitation of the D and Ir units, leading to the charge-separated state D+-Ir- -A in 100 % yield and subsequently to D+-Ir-A- in about 10 % yield. The final charge-separated state has a lifetime at room temperature of 120 micros in air-free acetonitrile and of 100 micros in air-equilibrated solvent. Excitation of the A units does not yield intramolecular reactivity, but the resulting triplet-excited state localized on the acceptor, D-Ir-3A, displays intermolecular reactivity.
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