Photochromic and Reductive Electrochemical Switching of a Dithiazolylethene with Large Redox Modulation
作者:Anne Léaustic、Elodie Anxolabéhère-Mallart、François Maurel、Stéphanie Midelton、Régis Guillot、Rémi Métivier、Keitaro Nakatani、Pei Yu
DOI:10.1002/chem.201002451
日期:2011.2.11
characterized. Due to the N‐methylation of the pyridyl rings, 2 a displays not only very different photochromic properties, but also undergoes a reductive ring‐closing reaction to generate its closed‐ring isomer 2 b. Careful electrochemical studies coupled with EPR spectroscopy show that this reductive ring‐closing reaction takes place when 2 a is two‐electron reduced. DFT calculations suggest that
一个新的dipyridylthiazolylethene(1)和它的双阳离子类似物(2),具有两个N-甲基吡啶环,已被合成和结构表征。由于吡啶环的N-甲基化,2只不仅显示非常不同的光致变色特性,而且还经历还原性闭环反应,以生成其闭合环异构体2b中。仔细的电化学研究以及EPR光谱分析表明,这种还原性闭环反应是在2 a被两电子还原时发生的。DFT计算表明,这种基态电环化是由还原的闭环异构体2 b的非常大的稳定性驱动的相对于还原的开环异构体2 a。此外,2b在半波电势为0.04和-0.14 V时相对于SCE表现出两个连续且可逆的单电子降低,当从2 a传递到2 b时,实现了高达1 V的氧化还原调制。