The behaviour of a number of different molecular solids (both neutral and charged) to applied pressure is discussed. It is
shown that the geometry of the molecules, the presence of and number of charges, and the ability of the molecules to alter
their shape are all important in the response of their respective lattices to applied pressure. The presence of ‘free’ space
in the lattices at room pressure is shown to be a major factor that needs to be taken into account in order to understand
their behaviour.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
Oxygen reduction : A polarized water|1,2‐dichloroethane (DCE) interface acts as a proton pump for the [Co(tpp)] (TPP=5,10,15,20‐tetraphenylporphyrinato) catalyzed O2 reduction by ferrocene (Fc) compounds to produce H2O2 (see figure; IT=ion transfer, ET=electron transfer). This system favours the collection of H2O2 by extraction immediately after its formation in DCE to the adjacent water phase.
In this Concept article, we summarize and discuss recent reports on dendritic molecular electrochromic batteries. Giant dendrimers containing 3n+2 terminal tethers (n=generation number) and terminated by first‐raw late‐transition‐metal metallocenes, permethyl metallocenes and other sandwich complexes were shown to be redox robust. Indeed, they can be oxidized and reduced without decomposition and exist under two stable oxidation states (FeIII/II, CoIII/II). Thus, a pre‐determined number of electrons (up to 14 000) per dendrimer can be exchanged. Cyclic voltammetry showed a remarkable complete reversibility even up to 14 000 Fe and Co termini in metallodendrimers, indicating fast electron hoping among the redox sites and between dendrimers on a carbon surface covered by arylcarboxylate groups. The dendrimer sizes were measured by dynamic light scattering in solution and by AFM (subsequent to flattening in the condensed state also indicating that these metallodendrimers aggregate to form discrete nanoparticles of dendrimers, as atoms do). The metallodendrimer size varies considerably between the two redox forms due to tether extension of the cationic dendrimers upon oxidation, and a breathing mechanism was shown by atomic and electric force microscopy (AFM and EFM). When the redox potential is very negative, the reduced form is an electron‐reservoir system that can deliver a large number of electrons per dendrimer to various reducible substrates. These systems are thus potential dendritic molecular batteries with two different colors for the two redox forms (electrochromic behavior). 相似文献
Copper catalyzed [3+2] cycloaddition reactions between ethynylferrocene and benzylazides yields 1-benzyl-4-ferrocenyl-1,2,3-triazoles (2–5). Reaction between phenylacetylene and azidoferrocene yields 1-ferrocenyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3-triazole (6). Anodic electrochemistry of 2–6 suggests reversible oxidation at potentials more positive than ferrocene. Chemical oxidation of 2 and 3-ferrocenylpyrrole (1) with dichlorodicyanoquinone (DDQ) yields the salts [2+] [DDQ−] and [1+] [DDQ−], respectively. 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy reveals the presence of low-spin FeII in [1+][DDQ−] while FeII is oxidized to low-spin FeIII in [2+][DDQ−]. Magnetization measurements indicate that [1+][DDQ−] is paramagnetic and cannot be viewed as a simple neutral charge transfer complex reminiscent of the mixed stack diamagnetic [ferrocene]0[TCNE]0. 相似文献