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Biomimetic Model for a Photosynthetic Reaction Center: A Porphyrin with a Covalently Linked, Redox‐Active Crown Ether

Licheng Sun, Jörg von Gersdorff, Dominique Niethammer, P. Tian, H. Kurreck

Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1994 · 32 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

A flexible tetramethylene spacer covalently links the porphyrin and quinone moieties in 1. The (photo chemical) properties of this system can be selectively modified by complexation of the crown ether fragment or by incorporation of the molecule in an anisotropic medium.

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