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Ishigaki Y, Sugawara K, Tadokoro T, Hayashi Y, Harimoto T, Suzuki T. Redox-active tetraaryldibenzoquinodimethanes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:7201-7214. [PMID: 34169942 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc02260a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Quinodimethanes (QDs) are a class of non-aromatic π-conjugated compounds that are well-known to be interconvertible scaffolds in many response systems. While parent ortho- and para-QDs (o-QD and p-QD) can be easily converted to benzocyclobutenes or oligomers/polymers by the formation of C-C bonds at α-positions, the attachment of four phenyl groups to these reactive sites makes o-Ph4QD and p-Ph4QD long-lived. We have demonstrated that further dibenzo-annulation of such tetraaryl QD units also drastically increases their stability, and many tetraarylated dibenzoquinodimethane derivatives have been developed. This Feature Article shows our milestones in creating functional redox systems, where drastic changes in structure occur upon electron transfer (dynamic redox "dyrex" behaviour).
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Affiliation(s)
- Yusuke Ishigaki
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan.
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Ishigaki Y, Kawai H, Katoono R, Fujiwara K, Higuchi H, Kikuchi H, Suzuki T. Bis(diarylethenyl)-thiophenes, -bithiophenes, and -terthiophenes: a new series of electrochromic systems that exhibit a fluorescence response. CAN J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2016-0222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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2,5-Bis(diarylethenyl)thiophenes (1) and their bithiophene (2) and terthiophene (3) homologues were designed as a new series of violene/cyanine-hybrid-type electrochromic materials. Alkoxyphenyl and dialkylaminophenyl groups are used as the aryl group in the cyanine parts of 1/2/3O and 1/2/3N, respectively, which emit fluorescence in the neutral state but not in the oxidized state. Voltammetric analyses of 18 newly prepared electron donors show that they all undergo two reversible one-electron oxidations. Redox potentials, UV–vis spectral features, and fluorescence quantum yields are important parameters for characterizing the present electrochromic behavior with a fluorescence response, and can be finely tuned by changing aryl groups in the cyanine part, the number of thiophene rings in the violene part, and the alkyl-chain length of the alkoxyphenyl or diaklylaminophenyl groups (R = CH3, C8H17, C16H33), which makes this a versatile platform for the design of novel electrochromic materials.
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- Yusuke Ishigaki
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 10, Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 10, Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 10, Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 10, Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 10, Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 10, Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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Suzuki T, Nojo W, Sakano Y, Katoono R, Ishigaki Y, Ohno H, Fujiwara K. Redox-induced Conformational Changes in 1,3-Propylene- andm-Xylylenebis[5-(10-butyl-5,10-dihydrobenzo[a]indolo[2,3-c]carbazole)]: Twin-BIC Donors that Form Sandwich-like Dimeric Cations Exhibiting NIR Absorption. CHEM LETT 2016. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.160278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Suzuki T, Umezawa Y, Sakano Y, Tamaoki H, Katoono R, Fujiwara K. Reversible Interconversion between 11,11,12,12-Tetraaryl-1,4-diaza/-1,4,5,8-tetraazaanthraquinodimethanes and Their Cationic Species: Electrochromic and Halochromic Responses. CHEM LETT 2015. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.150251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Takanori Suzuki
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
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