title: Redox-active polyiron complexes with tetra(ethynylphenyl)ethene and [2,2]paracyclophane spacers containing ethynylphenyl units: extension to higher dimensional molecular wire.
abstract: Redox active polyiron complexes with higher dimensional spacers, the tetrairon complex with the two-dimensional tetra(ethynylphenyl)ethene spacer, (C=C)[p-C(6)H(4)-C triple bond C-FeCp*(dppe)](4), and the diiron complex with the three-dimensional spacer (pseudo-m-[2,2]paracyclophane)[C triple bond C-FeCp*(dppe)](2), are prepared, and their performance as molecular wires is evaluated on the basis of their comproportionation constants for the mixed valence state.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, R1-27, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Takehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Inagaki
authors.forename: Munetaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akita