Issue 54, 2012
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Chemical Communications

A rigid donor–acceptor daisy chain dimer†‡

Dennis Cao,ab   Cheng Wang,a   Marc A. Giesener,a   Zhichang Liua  and  J. Fraser Stoddart*ab  

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a Center for the Chemistry of Integrated Systems, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, USA
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b NanoCentury KAIST Institute and Graduate School of EEWS (WCU), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 373-1 Guseong Dong, Yuseong Gu, Republic of Korea

Abstract

A functionalised cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) attached by a rigid linker to a tetrathiafulvalene unit, which is incapable of self-complexation, forms preferentially a [c2]daisy chain which undergoes rapid disassociation and reassociation on the 1H NMR time-scale above room temperature.

Graphical abstract: A rigid donor–acceptor daisy chain dimer

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC32499G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Apr 2012
Accepted
30 Apr 2012
First published
02 May 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 6791-6793

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A rigid donor–acceptor daisy chain dimer

D. Cao, C. Wang, M. A. Giesener, Z. Liu and J. F. Stoddart, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 6791 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC32499G

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