Redox-assisted ring closing reaction of the photogenerated cyclophanediene form of bis(ferrocenyl)dimethyldihydropyrene with interferrocene electronic communication switching.
Redox-assisted ring closing reaction of the photogenerated cyclophanediene form of bis(ferrocenyl)dimethyldihydropyrene with interferrocene electronic communication switching.
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DOI:
10.1021/ja8016494
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发表时间:
2008-05
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15
通讯作者:
Satoshi Muratsugu;S. Kume;H. Nishihara
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作者:
Satoshi Muratsugu;S. Kume;H. Nishihara
We synthesized ferrocene-attached dimethyldihydropyrene (DHP) derivatives and investigated their photochemical and redox behaviors. For bis(ferrocenylethynyl)dimethyldihydropyrene (1), reversible photoisomerization between the closed DHP form (1c) and the open CPD form (1o) occurred in high yields upon alternate irradiation of visible (578 nm) light and UV (303 nm) light, whereas no photoisomerization proceeded for bis(pentamethylferrocenylethynyl)dimethyldihydropyrene (2). 1 exhibited reversible switching of electronic communication between the ferrocene (Fc) moieties by photoisomerization of the DHP moiety and demonstrated a novel ring closing reaction induced by oxidation of the Fc moieties. The magnitude of electronic communication, deltaE0' (the difference between the redox potentials of two Fc's), was 63 mV in 1c and 16 mV in 1o, indicating that the electronic communication through the spacer is enhanced in the more developed pi-conjugation of the DHP moiety. The rate constants of the ring closing reaction from 1o+ to 1c+ and from 1o2+ to 1c2+ were estimated at 3.7 and 0.50 s(-1), respectively, by the simulation of cyclic voltammograms.