Abstract
Phosphorescence emission and excitation spectra and triplet lifetimes at 77 K have been obtained for a carotenoid-porphyrin-pyropheophorbide triad model for the photosynthetic triplet energy transfer relay and seven porphyrin and pyropheophorbide model compounds including methyl pyropheophorbide-a. The results confirm that triplet energy from the pyropheophorbide moiety of the triad is transferred to the carotenoid by a triplet energy relay involving endergonic transfer from the pyropheophorbide to the porphyrin, whose triplet is rapidly quenched by the carotenoid polyene.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 157-161 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry |
Volume | 102 |
Issue number | 2-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 22 1997 |
Keywords
- Phosphorescence
- Photosynthesis
- Porphyrin
- Pyropheophorbide
- Triplet energy transfer
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemistry(all)
- Chemical Engineering(all)
- Physics and Astronomy(all)