Comparison between the Photophysical Properties of Pyrazolo- and Isoxazolo[60]fullerenes with Dual Donors (Ferrocene, Aniline and Alkoxyphenyl)

Two series of new pyrazolo- and isoxazolo[60]fullerenes covalently linked to vinylenephenylene bearing ferrocene, dibutylaniline or dodecyloxyphenyl electron-donor groups attached in the periphery have been synthesized. The photophysical properties of these newly synthesized dual-donor–C60 derivatives have been investigated and compared by applying time-resolved fluorescence and nanosecond transient techniques in both polar and nonpolar solvents. Charge separation via the excited singlet state of C60 is more efficient in the pyrazolo-C60 triads than in the isoxazolo-C60 triads. It was found that the pyrazoline ring mediates charge separation as a result of the stronger electron-donating character of the nitrogen atom of the pyrazoline ring compared with the oxygen atom of the isoxazoline ring. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2007)