Synthesis and photophysical characterization of a titanium(IV) phthalocyanine-C60 supramolecular dyad

An axially substituted titanium(IV) phthalocyanine-fullerene donor-acceptor supramolecular dyad has been prepared by two different approaches, one of them representing a convenient convergent strategy. The dyad system exhibits photoinduced electron transfer upon irradiation with visible light to produce a microsecond lived charge separated state. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.