Redox-switchable intramolecular π-π-stacking of perylene bisimide dyes in a cyclophane.

Schlosser, Felix; Moos, Michael; Lambert, Christoph; Würthner, Frank · Adv Mater · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Molecular actuation by stepwise electrochemical reduction is demonstrated for a cyclophane that exhibits a pronounced conformational transition from a closed cavity with cofacially stacked PBIs in the neutral state to an expanded open cavity in the three- and fourfold reduced state.