Nanoscale aryleneethynylene molecular wires with reversible fluorenone electrochemistry for self-assembly onto metal surfaces.
[structure: see text] Two rigid-rod conjugated molecules (11 and 12) of ca. 4 and 7 nm length, respectively, bearing protected terminal thiol groups have been synthesized via multistep Sonogashira coupling reactions and shown to possess reversible cathodic solution electrochemistry arising from reduction of the fluorenone units.
Wang
Changsheng
C
Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.
Batsanov
Andrei S
AS
Bryce
Martin R
MR
Sage
Ian
I