New cruciform structures: toward coordination induced single molecule switches

…, C Schönenberger, M Calame, M Mayor

Index: Grunder, Sergio; Huber, Roman; Horhoiu, Viviana; Gonzalez, Maria Teresa; Schoenenberger, Christian; Calame, Michel; Mayor, Marcel Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2007 , vol. 72, # 22 p. 8337 - 8344

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Abstract

New cruciform structures 1-4 were synthesized to investigate a new single molecule switching mechanism arising from the interplay between the molecule and the electrode surface. These molecular cruxes consist of two rod-type substructures, namely an oligophenylenevinylene and an oligophenyleneethynyl. While the oligophenylenevinylene rods are functionalized with acetyl protected sulfur anchor groups, the ...