Hetero face-to-face porphyrin array with cooperative effects of coordination and host-guest complexation

We successfully synthesized a hetero face-to-face porphyrin array composed of ZnTPP and RuTPP(DABCO) 2 (TPP: 5, 10, 15, 20-tetraphenylporphyrin, DABCO: 1,4-diazabi-cyclo[2.2.2]octane) in 2:1 molar ratio. A cyclic Zn porphyrin dimer (ZnCP) was also used as the host molecule for the Ru porphyrin. In the latter, the Ru-DABCO bonding in RuTPP(DABCO) 2 was stabilized by the host-guest complexation. Reaction progress kinetic analysis of the ligand substitution reaction of RuTPP(DABCO) 2 and that in ZnCP revealed the stabilization mechanism of the Ru-DABCO bonding. Photoinduced electron transfer (PET) from the Zn porphyrin to the Ru porphyrin was observed in the porphyrin array. The host-guest stabilization of unstable complex for construction of a donor-acceptor-donor structure is expected to be a new method for an artificial photosynthesis.