<i>per</i>-Alkoxy-pillar[5]arenes as Electron Donors: Electrochemical Properties of Dimethoxy-Pillar[5]arene and Its Corresponding Rotaxane

Nicholas Pearce; E. Stephen Davies; Neil R. Champness

doi:10.3390/molecules25071627

Molecules (Apr 2020)

<i>per</i>-Alkoxy-pillar[5]arenes as Electron Donors: Electrochemical Properties of Dimethoxy-Pillar[5]arene and Its Corresponding Rotaxane

Nicholas Pearce,
E. Stephen Davies,
Neil R. Champness

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Nicholas Pearce: School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
E. Stephen Davies: School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
Neil R. Champness: School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25071627
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 25, no. 7
p. 1627

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1,4-dimethoxypillar[5]arene undergoes reversible multielectron oxidations forming stable radical cations, a property retained when incorporated in [2]rotaxanes, suggesting that pillar[5]arenes can be employed as viable, yet unreported, electron donors.

Published in Molecules

ISSN: 1420-3049 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry: Organic chemistry
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules

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