Back Cover: A Supramolecular Photosynthetic Model Made of a Multiporphyrinic Array Constructed around a C60Core and a C60-Imidazole Derivative (Chem. Eur. J. 1/2014)

Abstract

C60 is a scaffold or an electron acceptor depending on the number of addends. The role of different fullerene subunits is dramatically different in a supramolecular photosynthetic model obtained from a C60 monoadduct bearing an imidazole moiety and a C60 hexa-adduct decorated with 12 peripheral metalloporphyrins. In their Full Paper on page 223 ff., J. -F. Nierengarten, N. Armaroli et al. show that only the monosubstituted C60 derivative plays an active role (electron acceptor) in the cascade of photoinduced events.