Oxidative evolution of Z/ E-diaminotetraphenylethylene

Xin Li; Yongbing Zhuang; Qichao Ran; Xiangyang Liu

doi:10.1039/d1cp05303e

Oxidative evolution of Z/ E-diaminotetraphenylethylene

Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2022 Jan 26;24(4):1960-1964. doi: 10.1039/d1cp05303e.

Authors

Xin Li¹, Yongbing Zhuang², Qichao Ran¹, Xiangyang Liu¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Material and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P. R. China.
² State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.

PMID: 35037672
DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05303e

Abstract

We report that Z/E-diaminotetraphenylethylene (Z/E-2NH₂-TPE) molecules suffer primarily from oxidative evolution rather than recognized isomerization. The oxide is separated and its structure is deciphered by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The oxidative evolution accompanying the rearrangement is explained through quantum theoretical calculation.