Optically switchable behaviour of a dioxolene adduct of a cobalt-macrocycle complex

Chiara Carbonera (1) , Andrea Dei (2) , Claudio Sangregorio (2) , Jean-François Létard (1)

1 ICMCB - Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux
2 Dipartimento di Chimica

Reflectivity and magnetic measurements show that Co(CTH)(Phendiox)]PF6 · H2O (CTH = DL-5,7,7,12,14,14-9,10-hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane and Phendiox = semiquinonato or catecholato forms of 9,10-dioxophenantherene) undergoes valence tautomeric interconversion cobalt(III)–catecholato to cobalt(II)–semiquinonato upon light irradiation...

Mots clés: Hexamethyl tetraazacyclotetradecane; Dioxophenanthrene; Alkane; Alkene; Cobalt complex; Macrocyclic compound

Domaines: Matériaux

Chiara Carbonera, Andrea Dei, Claudio Sangregorio, Jean-François Létard. Optically switchable behaviour of a dioxolene adduct of a cobalt-macrocycle complex. Chemical Physics Letters, 2004, 396 (1-3), pp.198-201. ⟨10.1016/j.cplett.2004.08.026⟩. ⟨hal-00151808⟩