Akita Munetaka, Koike Takashi
Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, R1-27 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan.
Dalton Trans. 2008 Jul 21(27):3523-30. doi: 10.1039/b802069h. Epub 2008 Apr 8.
Polycarbon species with pi-conjugated systems interact with attached metal fragments to exhibit a variety of intriguing structural features and chemical properties. In this Perspective, following an introductory account of polycarbon cluster compounds and the unique chemical transformations on them which cannot easily be realized by mononuclear species, the properties of polynuclear complexes connected by pi-conjugated carbon-rich bridging ligands will be discussed with emphasis on those applicable to molecular electronics, e.g. wire-like behavior (molecular wires), higher dimensional systems (branch circuits), and switching functions.
具有π共轭体系的聚碳物种与附着的金属片段相互作用，展现出各种引人入胜的结构特征和化学性质。在本综述中，首先介绍了聚碳簇化合物及其上独特的化学转化（单核物种难以轻易实现），之后将重点讨论通过富含π共轭碳的桥连配体连接的多核配合物的性质，这些性质适用于分子电子学，例如线状行为（分子导线）、高维体系（分支电路）和开关功能。
