1. Synthesis and Photochemical Properties of a Novel Iron−Sulfur−Nitrosyl Cluster Derivatized with the Pendant Chromophore Protoporphyrin IX1
- Author
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Christa L. Conrado, Peter C. Ford, Douglas Magde, Stephen R. Wecksler, and Christian Egler
- Subjects
chemistry.chemical_classification ,Chloroform ,Protoporphyrin IX ,Quantum yield ,Chromophore ,Photochemistry ,Porphyrin ,Inorganic Chemistry ,Photoexcitation ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Conformational isomerism ,Alkyl - Abstract
The novel Roussin red-salt ester (PPIX-RSE) with a pendant porphyrin chromophore was prepared and investigated as a precursor for the photochemical generation of nitric oxide. PPIX-RSE has the general formula Fe(2)(NO)(4)[(mu-S,mu-S')P] (where (S,S')P is the bis(2-thiolatoethyl) diester of protoporphyrin IX. The photoexcitation of PPIX-RSE with 436- or 546-nm light in an aerated chloroform solution led to the photodecomposition of the cluster with the respective quantum yields (5.2 +/- 0.7) x 10(-4) and (2.5 +/- 0.5 x 10(-4)) and the concomitant release of NO. PPIX-RSE is a significantly more effective NO generator at longer wavelength excitation than are other Fe(2)(mu-SR)(2)(NO)(4) esters for which R is a simple alkyl group such as CH(3)CH(2)- because of the much higher absorptivity of the pendant PPIX chromophore at these wavelengths and a modestly higher quantum yield. Fluorescence intensity and lifetime data indicate that the photoexcited porphyrin of PPIX-RSE is largely quenched by the energy transfer to the Fe(2)S(2)(NO)(4) cluster's core. However, a small fraction of this emission is not quenched, and it is proposed that PPIX-RSE may exist in solution as two conformers.
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- 2004