Hardeep S. Farwaha, Götz Bucher and John A. Murphy
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013,11, 8073-8081
DOI:
10.1039/C3OB41701H,
Paper
Tricyclic donor 26 has been prepared and is the most reducing neutral ground-state organic molecule known, with an oxidation potential 260 mV more negative than the previous record. Cyclic voltammetry shows that a 2-electron reversible redox process occurs in DMF as solvent at −1.46 V vs. Ag/AgCl.