One-Electron Reduction of an "Extended Viologen" p-Phenylene-bis-4,4'-(1-aryl-2,6-diphenylpyridinium) Dication

Abstract

One-electron reduction of the "extended viologen" dication 1 yields the red cation radical 2, characterized by strong near-IR absorption. It has been generated and studied by pulse radiolytic, electrochemical, redox titration, UV-visible, and electron pa

Keywords

• electrochemistry
• pyridinium oligomer
• vilogene
• one electron reduction
• pulse rediolytic
• redox titration