Optical ON/OFF Switching of Intramolecular Photoinduced Charge Separation in a Donor−Bridge−Acceptor System Containing Dithienylethene

Strong effects of the bridge configurati

Strong effects of the bridge configuration on photoinduced charge separation in rigidly linked donor-acceptor systems

✍ Anna M. Oliver; Donald C. Craig; Michael N. Paddon-Row; Jan Kroon; Jan W. Verhoe 📂 Article 📅 1988 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 711 KB

Photoinduced electron-transfer rates are reported for two pairs of rigid bichromophoric molecules 1(6)/2(6) and 1(8)/2( 8). In the first pair electron donor and acceptor are separated by six, in the second pair by eight, carbon-carbon o bonds. While these o bonds provide an all-trans coupling path