title: First synthesis and electronic properties of diphenothiazine dumbbells bridged by heterocycles.
abstract: According to cyclic voltammetry, symmetrical dumbbell-shaped phenothiazine dyads bridged by heterocycles show intense electronic coupling between the redox-active phenothiazine moieties. Furthermore, the fluorescence of the pyridyl-bridged derivatives can be controlled by pH change giving reversibly switchable redox-active biselectrophore dyads.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische Chemie und Makromolekulare Chemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Adam W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Franz
authors.forename: Larisa N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Popa
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rominger
authors.forename: Thomas J J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Müller