Issue 3, 2010
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Chemical Communications

Unusual partner radical trimer formation in a host complex of cucurbit[8]uril, ruthenium(ii) tris-bipyridine linked phenol and methyl viologen†

Shiguo Sun,ab   Samir Andersson,a   Rong Zhangb  and  Licheng Sun*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Teknikringen 30, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
E-mail: lichengs@kth.se
Fax: +46 8 7912333

b State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Center on Molecular Devices, Dalian University of Technology(DUT), ZhongShan Road 158-40, 116012 Dalian, China

Abstract

A stable 1 : 1 : 1 inclusion complex of Ru(bpy)3-phenol (1), MV2+ and cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]) is formed in aqueous solution. In the presence of triethanolamine (TEOA), a light-induced formation of unusual partner radical trimer 1–(MV+˙)2–CB[8] has been observed for the first time.

Graphical abstract: Unusual partner radical trimer formation in a host complex of cucurbit[8]uril, ruthenium(ii) tris-bipyridine linked phenol and methyl viologen

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B910575A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 May 2009
Accepted
23 Oct 2009
First published
13 Nov 2009

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 463-465

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Unusual partner radical trimer formation in a host complex of cucurbit[8]uril, ruthenium(II) tris-bipyridine linked phenol and methyl viologen

S. Sun, S. Andersson, R. Zhang and L. Sun, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 463 DOI: 10.1039/B910575A

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