Intramolecular electron transfer mediated by a tetrathiafulvalene bridge in a purely organic mixed-valence system

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 42, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 2765-2768

  Gautier, Nicolas ^b   Dumur, Frédéric ^b   Lloveras, Vega ^a   Vidal Gancedo, José ^a   Veciana, Jaume ^a   Rovira, Concepció ^a   Hudhomme, Piétrick ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Electron transfer; Mixed valent compounds; Molecular electronics; Quinones; Tetrathiafulvalene

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; MOLECULES; REDUCTION;

ELECTRON TRANSFER;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; TETRATHIAFULVALENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0037661112     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200250587     Document Type: Article

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