The first stable tetraarylacenaphthenequinodimethanes exhibiting electrochromism with 'write-protect' option: Preparation, highly deformed structure, and reversible interconversion with acenaphthylene-5,6-diyl dicationic dyes

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 467-471

  Suzuki, Takanori ^a   Iwashita, Shinichi ^a   Yoshino, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kawai, Hidetoshi ^a   Fujiwara, Kenshu ^a   Ohkita, Masakazu ^b   Tsuji, Takashi ^a   Ono, Kazunori ^c   Takenaka, Masami ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Asahi Kasei Electronics Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acenaphthene; Dication; Dye; Electrochromism; Electrocyclization; Quinodimethane; Redox system; Steric hindrance; Strained molecule

Indexed keywords

ALKYL GROUP; DYE; METHANE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOMER; ISOMERIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 29144461534     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.11.059     Document Type: Article

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