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Generation‐Dependent Intramolecular CT Complexation in a Dendrimer Electron Sponge Consisting of a Viologen Skeleton
Author(s) -
Heinen Susanne,
Walder Lorenz
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(20000218)39:4<806::aid-anie806>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - intramolecular force , viologen , dendrimer , skeleton (computer programming) , sponge , chemistry , electron , stereochemistry , photochemistry , polymer chemistry , geology , anatomy , physics , medicine , quantum mechanics , paleontology
The homologous dendrimers G0 to G3 , which consist of 3, 9, 21, and 45 viologens, behave as electron sponges and exhibit an electrochemically switchable, generation‐dependent, intramolecular charge transfer (CT) complexation (see schematic diagram of G3 ).