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Photophysical and photochemical properties of fullerenes

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On irradiation with visible and UV light, fullerenes C60 and C70 give high yields of their triplet states. Fluorescence is very weak from both, and phosphorescence has been observed only from C70. The triplet states are also formed efficiently by energy transfer from triplet sensitizers with energies above 35 kcal/mol. Triplet fullerenes transfer energy efficiently to oxygen, giving singlet molecular oxygen, but they react and quench singlet oxygen very inefficiently, making them excellent photosensitizers. The fullerenes C60 and C70 are easily reduced but very difficult to oxidize. Electron transfer to triplet C60 and C70 occurs readily from electron donors to produce the radical anions. C60 can also be oxidized by excited high-potential photosensitizers to the radical cation. Some dihydrofullerenes also give high yields of the triplet state and singlet oxygen on irradiation. Photoreaction of C60 with electron-rich compounds appears to be an efficient route to difunctionalized adducts.

Portions of this work were presented at the NATO workshop on Fullerenes, Agia Pelagia, Crete, June 1993 and will appear in the report of this workshop [1].

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Foote, C.S. (1994). Photophysical and photochemical properties of fullerenes. In: Mattay, J. (eds) Electron Transfer I. Topics in Current Chemistry, vol 169. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57565-0_80

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