A photoswitchable molecular wire with the dithienylethene (DTE) linker, (dppe)(η5-C5Me5)Fe–CC–DTE–CC–Fe(η5-C5Me5)(dppe)

Yuya Tanaka; Akiko Inagaki; Munetaka Akita

doi:10.1039/B614748H

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A photoswitchable molecular wire with the dithienylethene (DTE) linker, (dppe)(η⁵-C₅Me₅)Fe–CC–DTE–CC–Fe(η⁵-C₅Me₅)(dppe)†

Yuya Tanaka,^a Akiko Inagaki^a and Munetaka Akita*^a

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^a Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, R1-27, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
E-mail: makita@res.titech.ac.jp

Abstract

A redox-active diiron complex with the diethynylated dithienylethene (DTE) linker, (dppe)(η⁵-C₅Me₅)Fe–C [triple bond, length as m-dash] C–DTE–CC–Fe(η⁵-C₅Me₅)(dppe), shows photochromic behaviour, which switches on and off the communication performance between the two metal centres.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B614748H
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 10 Oct 2006
Accepted: 09 Nov 2006
First published: 19 Dec 2006

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Chem. Commun., 2007, 1169-1171

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A photoswitchable molecular wire with the dithienylethene (DTE) linker, (dppe)(η⁵-C₅Me₅)Fe–CC–DTE–CC–Fe(η⁵-C₅Me₅)(dppe)

Y. Tanaka, A. Inagaki and M. Akita, Chem. Commun., 2007, 1169 DOI: 10.1039/B614748H

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