Modulable cooperativity in a valence tautomeric complex functionalized  with branched alkyl chains.
Functionalization of a cobalt/dioxolene complex with branched, asymmetric alkyl chains promotes non-cooperative and cooperative valence tautomerisms synchronized with thermodynamically favoured crystal-to-melt and kinetically generated glass-to-melt phase transitions, respectively, depending on the degree of crystallinity.
Kiriya
Daisuke
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Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
Nakamura
Kohei
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Kitagawa
Susumu
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Chang
Ho-Chol
HC