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Synfacts 2007(6): 0594-0594
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-968595
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-968595
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Linking Photochromism and Conductivity in a Bifunctional System
Y. Tanaka, A. Inagaki, M. Akita*
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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Publication History
Publication Date:
22 May 2007 (online)
Significance
An established procedure was adapted to the synthesis of the dithienylethene (DTE)-bridged diiron complex 2. Complex 2 contains both a photochromic moiety (the DTE bridge) and two redox-active metal centers. The two iron centers of 2 are electronically isolated from each other; however, photoinduced electrocyclization of the DTE bridge (to form complex 3) effected electronic communication between the iron centers, thus qualifying this system as a photoresponsive molecular wire.