by Ka-Wo Poon. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-120). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ABSTRACT --- p.i / ACKNOWLEDGMENT --- p.iii / CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.vi / LIST OF TABLES --- p.x / ABBREVIATIONS --- p.xi / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- General Background of Tetrapyrrole Derivatives --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Electronic Interactions in Systems with Multiple Redox Sites --- p.8 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Electronic Interactions in One-dimensional Systems --- p.9 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Electronic Interactions in Three-dimensional Systems --- p.12 / Chapter 1.3 --- Ferrocene-containing Tetrapyrrole Derivatives --- p.22 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- Ferrocene-containing Porphyrins --- p.22 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Ferrocene-containing Porphyrazines --- p.29 / Chapter 1.3.3 --- Ferrocene-containing Phthalocyanines --- p.30 / Chapter 2. --- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION --- p.38 / Chapter 2.1 --- Ferrocenylphthalocyanines with Oxyethylene Linkers --- p.38 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Synthesis and Characterization --- p.38 / Chapter 2.1.1.1 --- Preparation of Tetrakis(2-ferrocenylethoxy)- phthalocyaninatozinc(II) (55) --- p.38 / Chapter 2.1.1.2 --- Preparation of Octakis(2-ferrocenylethoxy)- phthalocyaninatozinc(II) (62) --- p.43 / Chapter 2.1.1.3 --- Preparation of Metal Free Hexadecakis(2- ferrocenylethoxy)phthalocyanine (65) --- p.49 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Electronic Absorption Spectra --- p.52 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Electrochemical Studies --- p.60 / Chapter 2.2 --- Ferrocenyl Tetrapyrroles with Ethynyl Linkers --- p.68 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Synthesis and Characterization --- p.68 / Chapter 2.2.1.1 --- Preparation of Octakis(ferrocenylethynyl)- phthalocyaninatozinc(II) (83) --- p.71 / Chapter 2.2.1.2 --- Preparation of Octakis(ferrocenylethynyl)- Naphthalocyaninatozinc(II) (87) --- p.76 / Chapter 2.2.1.3 --- "Preparation of 5,15-bis(ferrocenylethynyl)- 10,20-diphenylporphyrinatonickel(II) (90)" --- p.81 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Electrochemical Studies --- p.84 / Chapter 2.3 --- Conclusion --- p.92 / Chapter 3. --- EXPERIMENTAL SECTION --- p.93 / Chapter 3.1 --- General Methods --- p.93 / Chapter 3.2 --- Physical Measurements --- p.93 / Chapter 3.3 --- Synthesis of Ferrocenylphthalocyanines with Oxyethylene Linkers --- p.95 / Chapter 3.4 --- Synthesis of Ferrocenyl Tetrapyrrole Derivatives with Ethynyl Linkers --- p.105 / Chapter 4. --- REFERENCES --- p.111 / Chapter APPENDIX A --- 1H NMR spectra of dinitriles --- p.121 / Chapter APPENDIX B --- 13C̐ưث1H }NMR spectra of dinitriles --- p.126

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by Ka Lok Cheng. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 115-122). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Abstract (in Chinese) --- p.ii / Acknowledgement --- p.iii / Table of Contents --- p.iv / List of Figures --- p.viii / List of Tables --- p.xi / Abbreviations --- p.xii / Chapter PART I --- SYNTHESIS OF FERROCENE-CONTAINING PUSH-PULL DIPHENYLPORPHYRINS --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction to Nonlinear Optics --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Interactions of Light with Matters --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Structural Requirements of Second-Harmonic Generating Molecules --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2 --- Ferrocene as an Electron Donor in Second Harmonic Generating Molecules --- p.7 / Chapter 1.3 --- Porphyrin as a Platform of Second Harmonic Generating Molecules --- p.16 / Chapter 1.4 --- Target Molecules of this Project --- p.22 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Result and Discussion --- p.23 / Chapter 2.1 --- Preparation of Alkynyl Fragments --- p.23 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Preparation of 2-ferrocenylethyne (24) --- p.23 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Preparation of 1 -ethynyl-4-nitrobenzene (26) --- p.24 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- "Preparation of l-ethynyl-4-(N,N-dimethylaminophenyl) benzene (28)" --- p.25 / Chapter 2.2 --- Preparation of Porphyrin Precursors --- p.26 / Chapter 2.3 --- "Synthesis and Characterizations of 5-(2'-Ferrocenylethynyl)-l5- formyl-10,20-diphenylporphyrinatonickel(II) (36)" --- p.29 / Chapter 2.4 --- "Synthesis and Characterizations of 5-(2',2'-Dicyanoethenyl)-l5- (2""-Ferrocenylethynyl)-10,20-diphenylporphyrinatonickel(II) (38)" --- p.33 / Chapter 2.5 --- "Synthesis and Characterizations of 5-Ferrocenylethynyl-l 5-(4""- nitrophenylethynyl)-10,20-diphenylporphyrinatonickel(II) (40)" --- p.37 / Chapter 2.6 --- "Synthesis and Characterizations of 5-Ferrocenylethynyl-l 5-(4'- (N,N-dimethylamino)phenyl)ethynyl)-10,20-diphenyl porphyrinatonickel(II) (47)" --- p.43 / Chapter 2.7 --- Conclusion for Part One --- p.47 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Experimental Section --- p.48 / Chapter 3.1 --- General Information --- p.48 / Chapter 3.2 --- Physical Measurements --- p.48 / Chapter 3.3 --- Preparation of Alkynyl Fragments --- p.49 / Chapter 3.4 --- Preparation of Some Known Porphyrins --- p.54 / Chapter 3.5 --- "Synthesis of Ferrocenyl ""Push-pull"" Porphyrin" --- p.58 / Chapter PART II --- LIGHT-HARVESTING NAPHTHALENE-PHTHALOCYANINE SYSTEMS --- p.65 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Introduction --- p.55 / Chapter 4.1 --- Porphyrin-based Light-harvesting systems --- p.66 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Multiporphyrins --- p.57 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Carotenoid-porphyrins --- p.74 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Boron-dipyrrin porphyrins --- p.75 / Chapter 4.1.4 --- Anthracene-porphyrin systems --- p.73 / Chapter 4.1.5 --- Dendritic porphyrins --- p.79 / Chapter 4.2 --- Phthalocyanine-based Light-harvesting systems --- p.80 / Chapter 4.3 --- Objective of this project --- p.83 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Result and Discussion --- p.84 / Chapter 5.1 --- Preparation of naphthalene-phthalocyanine systems --- p.84 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Synthesis of zinc(II) tetra( 1 -naphthoxy)phthalocyanines --- p.84 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Synthesis of tetra[2-(l´ة-naphthoxy)ethoxy] phthalocyaninatozinc(II) (83) --- p.85 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- "Synthesis of 2,3,9,10,16,17,23,24-octa( 1 -naphthoxy) phthalocyaninatozinc(II) (89)" --- p.86 / Chapter 5.2 --- Absorption spectra of naphthalene-phthalocyanine systems --- p.88 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Absorption spectra at different concentrations --- p.89 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Comparison of the absorption spectra of the naphthoxy phthalocyanine with the spectra of the mixture of corresponding 1-ethoxynaphthalene and alkoxyphthalocyanines --- p.92 / Chapter 5.3 --- Fluorescence Quantum yields of Naphthalene-Phthalocyanine Systems --- p.96 / Chapter 5.4 --- Singlet-singlet energy transfer efficiencies of Naphthalene- phthalocyanine Systems --- p.98 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Methodology --- p.98 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Determination of energy transfer quantum yields --- p.99 / Chapter 5.5 --- Conclusion for Part II --- p.103 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Experimental Section --- p.104 / Chapter 6.1 --- General Information --- p.104 / Chapter 6.2 --- Synthesis of tetra( 1 -naphthoxy)phthalocyanines --- p.105 / Chapter 6.3 --- Synthesis of tetra(naphthoxyethoxy)phthalocyanine --- p.108 / Chapter 6.4 --- Synthesis of octa( 1 -naphthoxy)phthalocyanine --- p.111 / References --- p.115 / Appendix A: Spectra of new compounds not discussed in the main text --- p.123 / Appendix B: X-ray crystallographic data of compound40 --- p.133