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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 11, Issue 21, Pages 6430-6441Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200500163
Keywords
cyclization; electrochemistry; photochromism; redox chemistry; UV/Vis spectroscopy
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The electrochemical and spectroelectrochernical properties of a series of C5-substituted dithienylhexahydro- and dithienylhexafluorocyclopentenes are reported. The effect of substitution at C5 of the thienyl moiety on the redox properties is quite dramatic, in contrast to the effect on their photochemical properties. The efficiency of electrochemical switching is dependent both on the central cyclopentene unit and on the nature of the substituents, whereby electron-donating moieties favour oxidative electrochemical ring-closure and vice versa. Asymmetrically substituted dithienylcyclopentenes were investigated to explore the ring-closure process in more detail. The results indicate that electrochemically induced ring-closure occurs via the monocation of the open form. In the presence of electroactive groups at C5 of the thienyl ring (e.g., methoxyphenyl) initial oxidation of these groups is followed by intermolecular electron transfer, which drives ring-closure of the open forms.
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