Laterally-extended porphyrin systems incorporating a switchable unit.
p-Quinone units incorporated into the central portion of rigid pi-systems linking either two porphyrin macrocycles or a porphyrin and a phenanthroline group have the potential to function as a chemically and electrochemically controllable switch, thus acting as a means of modulating electronic communication between the two end groups.
Crossley
Maxwell J
MJ
School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
Johnston
Lesley A
LA