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A model photosynthetic antenna consisting of four covalently linked zinc tetraarylporphyrins, (PZP)3−PZC, has been joined to a free base porphyrin-fullerene artificial photosynthetic reaction center, P−C60, to form a (PZP)3−PZC−PC60 hexad. As revealed by time-resolved absorption and emission studies, excitation of any peripheral zinc porphyrin moiety (PZP) in 2-methyltetrahydrofuran solution is followed by singlet−singlet energy transfer to the central zinc porphyrin to give (PZP)3−1PZC−P−C60 with a time constant of ∼50 ps. The excitation is passed on to the free base porphyrin in 240 ps to produce (PZP)3−PZC−1P−C60, which decays by electron transfer to the fullerene with a time constant of 3 ps. The (PZP)3−PZC−P•+−C60•- charge-separated state thus formed has a lifetime of 1330 ps, and is generated with a quantum yield of 0.70 based on light absorbed by the zinc porphyrin antenna. The complex thus mimics the basic functions of natural photosynthetic antenna systems and reaction center complexes.
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