Photoinduced energy- and electron-transfer processes within dynamic self-assembled donor-acceptor arrays

Intercomponent photoinduced energy transfer or electron transfer within the dynamic assembly, which yields to a statistical library of donor-acceptor systems, is reported. Assemblies obtained by coordination with Sc(III) ion having Ru(bpy)(sub 3)- based components and anthracene-substituted ligands showed efficient intramolecular energy transfer from the excited ruthenium complex to the lowest excited state of the anthracene-bound component.