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Chlorins Programmed for Self-Assembly

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The supramolecular chemistry of chlorins which are the most abundant photosynthetic pigments is reviewed. In chlorophyll-protein complexes, ligation of the central magnesium atom can occur in two diastereomeric configurations. Light-harvesting complexes of purple bacteria are formed by the self-assembly of short polypeptides which bind bacteriochlorophylls into circular structures. The light-harvesting organelle of green photosynthetic bacteria, the so-called “chlorosome”, is the most efficient natural antenna system and is formed by self-assembly of bacteriochlorophylls c, d or e without the help of a protein scaffold. Semisynthetic and fully synthetic mimics of these self-assembling bacteriochlorophylls have been prepared and their self-assemblies have been studied in detail in view of artificial light-harvesting systems. From a single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, one could put into evidence hierarchic supramolecular interactions within such self-assembling systems. Interestingly, hydrogen bonding which all present models of bacteriochlorophyll self-assemblies contain as one of the important supramolecular interactions is absent in the fully synthetic mimics.

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  1. Institute for Nanotechnology, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Postfach 3640, 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Teodor Silviu Balaban

  2. Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, 525-8577, Shiga, Japan

    Hitoshi Tamiaki

  3. Max-Planck-Institut für Bioanorganische Chemie (Former Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie), Stiftstr. 34–36, Postfach 101365, 45413, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany

    Alfred R. Holzwarth

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Balaban, T.S., Tamiaki, H., Holzwarth, A.R. Chlorins Programmed for Self-Assembly . In: Würthner, F. (eds) Supermolecular Dye Chemistry. Topics in Current Chemistry, vol 258. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/b137480

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