Ground state versus excited state: discrepancy in electronic communication in a series of meso-meso two-atom-bridged diporphyrins.

The focal point of this work is the photophysical characterization of three meso-meso two-atom-bridged diporphyrins. Detailed investigations by means of cyclic voltammetry, absorption, fluorescence, and femto-/nanosecond transient absorption spectroscopy revealed the discrepancy in electronic communication in a series of meso-meso two-atom-bridged porphyrins in the ground state and in the excited state. In the ground state, the azo bridge facilitates the strongest electronic communication between the two porphyrins. In the excited state, however, the ethene bridge induces the strongest coupling, followed by the imine and azo bridges.