Per-alkoxy-pillar[5]arenes as electron donors: Electrochemical properties of dimethoxy-pillar[5]arene and its corresponding rotaxane

Pearce, Nicholas; Davies, E. Stephen; Champness, Neil R.

Abstract

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). 1,4-dimethoxypillar[5]arene undergoes reversible multielectron oxidations forming stable radical cations, a property retained when incorporated in [2]rotaxanes, suggesting that pillar[5]arenes can be employed as viable, yet unreported, electron donors.

Citation

Pearce, N., Davies, E. S., & Champness, N. R. (2020). Per-alkoxy-pillar[5]arenes as electron donors: Electrochemical properties of dimethoxy-pillar[5]arene and its corresponding rotaxane. Molecules, 25(7), Article 1627. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25071627

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 31, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Apr 2, 2020
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2020
• Deposit Date: Apr 4, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 6, 2020
• Journal: Molecules
• Electronic ISSN: 1420-3049
• Publisher: MDPI
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 7
• Article Number: 1627
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25071627
• Keywords: Organic Chemistry
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4248560
• Publisher URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/25/7/1627