Jung Su Park, Trang Thu Tran, Jongmin Kim and Jonathan L. Sessler
Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 4553-4556
DOI:
10.1039/C8CC02018C,
Communication
We describe an effective approach to producing electrochemical amphoteric character and tuning optical properties. Reversible step-wise protonation of quinoxaline annulated TTF-pyrrole derivatives promotes intramolecular electron-transfer and leads to formation of stable, fully charge-separated diradical states. This allows for the creation of low bandgap systems and NIR optical properties.