Synthesis, charge-separated state characterization of N-methyl-2-(4′-N-ethylcarbozole)-3-fulleropyrrolidine and its derivatives

Abstract

N-Methyl-2-(N-ethylcarbozole)-fulleropyrro lidine and N-methyl-2-(4′-N,N-diphenylaminophenyl)-fulleropyrrolidine were synthesized by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition under microwave irradiation, which were characterized by MS, 1H NMR, IR and UV-Vis. Photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer process from C60 moiety to carbazole moiety has been studied by nanosecond laser flash photolysis. The charge-separated state C60•−-Cz•+ was observed in the near-IR region with a lifetime of 0.28 μs. The electronic spectrum of the C60-TPA was studied by using ZINDO method on the basis of the optimized geometrics with B3LYP/6-31G* program. The results show that the calculated absorption was beyond 440nm, essentially consistent with the experimental value 433 nm.