title: Structure and reactivity in neutral organic electron donors derived from 4-dimethylaminopyridine.
abstract: The effects on the redox properties of modifying the molecular skeleton of neutral bis-2-(4-dimethylamino)pyridinylidene electron donors, derived from 4-dimethylaminopyridine (4-DMAP), have been explored, by varying two parameters: (i) the length of a polymethylene chain linking the two pyridine-derived rings and (ii) the nature of the nitrogen substituents on the 4 and 4' positions of the precursor pyridines. Restricting the bridge length to two methylene units significantly altered the redox profile, while changes in the nitrogen-substituents at the 4 and 4' positions led to only slight changes in the redox potentials.
authors: WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, 295 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G1 1XL, U.K. jeangarn@hotmail.com
authors: Jean
authors: J
authors: Garnier
authors: Alan R
authors: AR
authors: Kennedy
authors: Leonard E A
authors: LE
authors: Berlouis
authors: Andrew T
authors: AT
authors: Turner
authors: John A
authors: JA
authors: Murphy