Hexakis(2-pyridyl)- and hexakis(3-pyridyl)[3]radialene: novel, water-soluble [3]radialenes with potential utility for supramolecular chemistry.
The titled [3]radialenes are the first, water-soluble hexaaryl[3]radialenes with considerably high electron affinity, their alkali metal reduction giving rise to anion-radicals and dianions stepwise as fairly stable species in degassed tetrahydrofuran.
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan.
Kouzou
K
Matsumoto
Yukako
Y
Harada
Takeshi
T
Kawase
Masaji
M
Oda