Despite their larger separation, the porphyrin groups in 1 are more strongly conjugated than in analogous compounds in which butadiyne is the bridging unit. This stronger electronic coupling in 1 results in a bathochromic shift in its absorption and emission spectra.
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Taylor et al. (1998) studied this question.
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