Two series of [60]fullerene-linked oligo(2,3-thienylene-ethynylene)s and ol
igo(2,5-thienylene-ethynylene)s have been synthesized to elucidate their ph
otophysical characteristics. Their fluorescence spectra in toluene reveals
distinct photoinduced intramolecular interactions between the oligomers and
C-60, which occur in a through-space fashion for the 2,3-thienylene-ethyny
lene system and in a through-bond fashion for the 2,5-thienylene-ethynylene
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