Synthesis and Spectroscopic Properties of a Covalently Linked Porphyrin–Fullerene C60Dyad

Abstract Abstract A covalently linked porphyrin–fullerene C60 dyad 6 was conveniently synthesized by 1,3‐dipolar cycloaddition using 5‐(4‐carbonylphenyl)‐10,15,20‐tris(4‐methoxylphenyl)porphyrin 5, N‐methylglycine and fullerene C60. Spectroscopic studies show that dyad 6 is a promising architecture with potential application as photoactive organic material. Keywords: Cycloadditiondyadfullerenephotosensitizerporphyrin Acknowledgments The authors are grateful to Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) of Argentina, Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Técnológica (FONCYT), and SECYT Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto for financial support. E. N. D. is a scientific member of CONICET. M. E. M. thanks CONICET for a research fellowship.