Abstract
Symmetrically and unsymmetrically electron-donor-substituted octacyano[4]dendralenes were synthesized and their opto-electronic properties investigated by UV/vis spectroscopy, electrochemical measurements (cyclic voltammetry (CV) and rotating disk voltammetry (RDV)), and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. These nonplanar push-pull chromophores are potent electron acceptors, featuring potentials for first reversible electron uptake around at -0.1 V (vs Fc(+)/Fc, in CH2Cl2 + 0.1 M n-Bu4NPF6) and, in one case, a remarkably small HOMO-LUMO gap (ΔE = 0.68 V). EPR measurements gave well-resolved spectra after one-electron reduction of the octacyano[4]dendralenes, whereas the one-electron oxidized species could not be detected in all cases. Investigations of the radical anions of related donor-substituted 1,1,4,4-tetracyanobuta-1,3-diene derivatives revealed electron localization at one 1,1-dicyanovinyl (DCV) moiety, in contrast to predictions by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The particular factors leading to the charge distribution in the electron-accepting domains of the tetracyano and octacyano chromophores are discussed.
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