Volume 48, Issue 3 pp. 599-603
Communication

“Blackening” Porphyrins by Conjugation with Quinones

Srinivas Banala Dr.

Srinivas Banala Dr.

Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck (Austria), Fax: (+43) 512-507-2892

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Thomas Rühl Dr.

Thomas Rühl Dr.

Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck (Austria), Fax: (+43) 512-507-2892

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Klaus Wurst Dr.

Klaus Wurst Dr.

Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck (Austria)

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Bernhard Kräutler Prof. Dr.

Bernhard Kräutler Prof. Dr.

Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck (Austria), Fax: (+43) 512-507-2892

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First published: 29 December 2008
Citations: 50

The authors thank Thomas Müller, Simone Moser, and Prof. Ernst Ellmerer for mass and NMR spectra. The work in Innsbruck was supported by the Austrian National Science Foundation (FWF project no. P-17437) and the Tyrolean Science Foundation (project no. UNI 404/22).

Graphical Abstract

From red to black porphyrins: “Black” porphyrins absorb visible light effectively at all wavelengths and are available by conjugation of four benzoquinone units to a porphyrin core. These robust molecular components are likely to be useful in optoelectronic devices as they absorb a large fraction of the visible light.

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