Dihydroazulene-buckminsterfullerene conjugates
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Dihydroazulene-buckminsterfullerene conjugates. / Santella, Marco; Mazzanti, Virginia; Jevric, Martyn; Parker, Christian Richard; Broman, Søren Lindbæk; Bond, Andrew; Nielsen, Mogens Brøndsted.
I: Journal of Organic Chemistry, Bind 77, Nr. 20, 2012, s. 8922-8932.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Dihydroazulene-buckminsterfullerene conjugates
AU - Santella, Marco
AU - Mazzanti, Virginia
AU - Jevric, Martyn
AU - Parker, Christian Richard
AU - Broman, Søren Lindbæk
AU - Bond, Andrew
AU - Nielsen, Mogens Brøndsted
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The dihydroazulene (DHA)/vinylheptafulvene (VHF) photo/thermoswitch has recently attracted interest as a molecular switch for molecular electronics. In this field, Buckminsterfullerene, C(60), has been shown to be a useful anchoring group for adhering a molecular wire to an electrode. Here we have combined the two units with the overall aim to elucidate how C(60) influences the DHA-VHF switching events. Efficient synthetic protocols for making covalently linked DHA-C(60) conjugates were developed, using Prato, Sonogashira, Hay, and Cadiot-Chodkiewicz reactions. These syntheses provide as well a variety of potentially useful DHA and C(60) building blocks for acetylenic scaffolding. The two units were separated by bridges of various lengths, such as oligo(phenyleneethynylene) (OPE2 and OPE3) wires. The distance of separation was found to influence strongly the light-induced ring-opening reaction of DHA to its corresponding VHF. Thus, C(60) was found to significantly quench this conversion when situated closely to the DHA unit.
AB - The dihydroazulene (DHA)/vinylheptafulvene (VHF) photo/thermoswitch has recently attracted interest as a molecular switch for molecular electronics. In this field, Buckminsterfullerene, C(60), has been shown to be a useful anchoring group for adhering a molecular wire to an electrode. Here we have combined the two units with the overall aim to elucidate how C(60) influences the DHA-VHF switching events. Efficient synthetic protocols for making covalently linked DHA-C(60) conjugates were developed, using Prato, Sonogashira, Hay, and Cadiot-Chodkiewicz reactions. These syntheses provide as well a variety of potentially useful DHA and C(60) building blocks for acetylenic scaffolding. The two units were separated by bridges of various lengths, such as oligo(phenyleneethynylene) (OPE2 and OPE3) wires. The distance of separation was found to influence strongly the light-induced ring-opening reaction of DHA to its corresponding VHF. Thus, C(60) was found to significantly quench this conversion when situated closely to the DHA unit.
KW - Azulenes
KW - Fullerenes
KW - Models, Molecular
KW - Molecular Structure
U2 - 10.1021/jo301306y
DO - 10.1021/jo301306y
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 22985481
VL - 77
SP - 8922
EP - 8932
JO - Journal of Organic Chemistry
JF - Journal of Organic Chemistry
SN - 0022-3263
IS - 20
ER -
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