Chemical communications

Tetraarylethylene having two nitroxide groups: redox-switching of through-bond magnetic interaction by conformation change

A Ito, Y Nakano, T Kato, K Tanaka

Index: Ito, Akihiro; Nakano, Yoshiaki; Kato, Tatsuhisa; Tanaka, Kazuyoshi Chemical Communications, 2005 , # 3 p. 403 - 405

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Abstract

Reversible redox-switching of through-bond magnetic interaction has been achieved by conformation change of the tetraarylethylene moiety upon redox input: intramolecular magnetic interaction between two nitroxide groups is dead after oxidation, whereas it was alive before.