A new redox-fluorescence switch based on a triad with tetrathiafulvalene and anthracene units

Guanxin Zhang; Deqing Zhang; Xuefeng Guo; Daoben Zhu

doi:10.1021/ol036511i

A new redox-fluorescence switch based on a triad with tetrathiafulvalene and anthracene units

Org Lett. 2004 Apr 15;6(8):1209-12. doi: 10.1021/ol036511i.

Authors

Guanxin Zhang¹, Deqing Zhang, Xuefeng Guo, Daoben Zhu

Affiliation

¹ Center for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.

PMID: 15070299
DOI: 10.1021/ol036511i

Abstract

The fluorescence of a triad with TTF and anthracence units can be reversibly modulated by sequential oxidation and reduction. Thus, a new redox fluorescence switch can be established on the basis of this new triad. [structure: see text]