Electroactive films of [Cu(dpp)2]+ covalently attached to polypyrrole (dpp = 2,9-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline)
Abstract
A copper(I) complex containing two entwined dpp ligands (dpp = 2,9-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline), each covalently linked to a pyrrole sub-unit, has been synthesized; electropolymerization of the complex generates a conductive film on platinum or glassy carbon, which can be reversibly de- and re-metallated.