A new valence tautomerism example in an electroactive ferrocene substituted triphenylmethyl radical

Imma Ratera; Daniel Ruiz-Molina; Franz Renz; Jürgen Ensling; Klaus Wurst; Concepció Rovira; Philipp Gütlich; Jaume Veciana

doi:10.1021/ja0282590

A new valence tautomerism example in an electroactive ferrocene substituted triphenylmethyl radical

J Am Chem Soc. 2003 Feb 12;125(6):1462-3. doi: 10.1021/ja0282590.

Authors

Imma Ratera¹, Daniel Ruiz-Molina, Franz Renz, Jürgen Ensling, Klaus Wurst, Concepció Rovira, Philipp Gütlich, Jaume Veciana

Affiliation

¹ Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (CSIC), Campus UAB, 08193, Cerdanyola, Catalonia, Spain.

PMID: 12568590
DOI: 10.1021/ja0282590

Abstract

A new molecular system combining an open-shell organic radical that acts as an acceptor group, different from an o-quinone moiety, covalently linked to a ferrocene moiety, acting as the donor group, is shown to exhibit valence tautomerism.